To ensure fair treatment in licensing requirements for the export of certain echinoderms.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2504.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2504, a bill to ensure fair treatment in licensing requirements for the export of certain echinoderms” on December 1, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 8, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 1, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53360

  CBO publication date

  December 1, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2504, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2504

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5f0602916864b2d8a83cea3546d196bbfd9f2f2e73093e7566c8323b75d219f7

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-506 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on January 10, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 10, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/506

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2504, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2504

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5f0602916864b2d8a83cea3546d196bbfd9f2f2e73093e7566c8323b75d219f7

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 85, May 17, 2017, Page H4312):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 ofthe U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2504, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2504

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5f0602916864b2d8a83cea3546d196bbfd9f2f2e73093e7566c8323b75d219f7

  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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