To approve an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2085.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2085, a bill to approve an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau, and for other purposes” on June 13, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 27, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 13, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52816

  CBO publication date

  June 13, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2085, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2085

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6406f6bf113fec27425698ee23ff537caa16e0932935937642334a191c003572

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-1039 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 20, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 20, 2018 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1039

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2085, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2085

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6406f6bf113fec27425698ee23ff537caa16e0932935937642334a191c003572

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SABLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 62, April 8, 2017, Page H2797):
  Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, Congress has the power to collect taxes and expend funds to provide for the general welfare of the United States. Congress may also make laws that are necessary and proper for carrying into execution their powers enumerated under Article I.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 8, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  298 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2085, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2085

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6406f6bf113fec27425698ee23ff537caa16e0932935937642334a191c003572

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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