To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish measures to combat invasive lionfish, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6255.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6255, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish measures to combat invasive lionfish, and for other purposes” on December 20, 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, December 20, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54892

  CBO publication date

  December 20, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6255, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6255

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  06c4231855455ca44ff38e976cff6ce9a0075cf1cd70e665534872fc8a5e2474

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-1089 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 20, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 20, 2018 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1089

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6255, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6255

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  06c4231855455ca44ff38e976cff6ce9a0075cf1cd70e665534872fc8a5e2474

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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. SOTO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 108, June 27, 2018, Pages H5816-H5817):
  Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2018 ↗

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  Statement length

  56 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6255, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6255

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  06c4231855455ca44ff38e976cff6ce9a0075cf1cd70e665534872fc8a5e2474

  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. 6255, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.