Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 221.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 221, Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act” on May 22, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 8, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 22, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53889

  CBO publication date

  May 22, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 221, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/221

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-736 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 12, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 12, 2018 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/736

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 221, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/221

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7d7db996266f03c0e2e15bb79fef94c81f9eef05ad4c3ab06d9373779e598701

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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. YOUNG of Alaska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H53):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  161 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 221, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/221

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7d7db996266f03c0e2e15bb79fef94c81f9eef05ad4c3ab06d9373779e598701

  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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