Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5787.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5787, Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018” on July 11, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 13, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54171

  CBO publication date

  July 11, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5787, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5787

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  340cf1d5437701de3e9b6897f98ca587d85cc871f5d5a602d878a31e876e7d87

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-997 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 30, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 30, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/997

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5787, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5787

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  340cf1d5437701de3e9b6897f98ca587d85cc871f5d5a602d878a31e876e7d87

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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. DUNN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 79, May 15, 2018, Page H3977):
  Article 1, section 8, clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5787, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5787

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  340cf1d5437701de3e9b6897f98ca587d85cc871f5d5a602d878a31e876e7d87

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5787, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.