Eastern Legacy Extension Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3045.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3045, Eastern Legacy Extension Act” on June 5, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 16, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 5, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53940

  CBO publication date

  June 5, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3045, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3045

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  254098e2ed1d61394284572002b592e0403c3a76c7562ad95df443e30bf27e58

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-840 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 18, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 18, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/840

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3045, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3045

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  254098e2ed1d61394284572002b592e0403c3a76c7562ad95df443e30bf27e58

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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. MESSER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 108, June 23, 2017, Page H5140):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution; Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 23, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  112 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3045, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3045

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  254098e2ed1d61394284572002b592e0403c3a76c7562ad95df443e30bf27e58

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3045, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.