Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4644.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4644, Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act” on October 22, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 26, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 22, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54607

  CBO publication date

  October 22, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4644, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4644

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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. 115-992 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 23, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 23, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/992

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4644, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4644

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e233ec50c8404d9703b1dfcce3576b59ceae74bbb1191bef5e8980e4aee0d509

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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. GIANFORTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 204, December 14, 2017, Page H9940):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 14, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4644, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4644

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e233ec50c8404d9703b1dfcce3576b59ceae74bbb1191bef5e8980e4aee0d509

  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. 4644, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.