Cormorant Relief Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6302.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6302, Cormorant Relief Act” on July 26, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 11, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 26, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54306

  CBO publication date

  July 26, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6302, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6302

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  961803dbdc212ed6aeebd103a9eddd8ed78fa14721ad21890d38537cee2c9f03

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-994 ↗. 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/994

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6302, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6302

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  961803dbdc212ed6aeebd103a9eddd8ed78fa14721ad21890d38537cee2c9f03

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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. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 111, July 3, 2018, Page H5987):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 3, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  294 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6302, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6302

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  961803dbdc212ed6aeebd103a9eddd8ed78fa14721ad21890d38537cee2c9f03

  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. 6302, 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.