To amend section 7 of Public Law 100-515 (16 U.S.C. 1244 note) to promote continued use of the James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory at Gateway National Recreation Area by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6434.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6434, a bill to amend section 7 of Public Law 100-515 (16 U.S.C. 1244 note) to promote continued use of the James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory at Gateway National Recreation Area by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration” on November 2, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 27, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 2, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54650

  CBO publication date

  November 2, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6434, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6434

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  349205047499ec8caed726feb49415cca544c67a122c6490244f06e3c7ff704f

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-1006 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 2, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 2, 2018 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1006

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6434, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6434

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  349205047499ec8caed726feb49415cca544c67a122c6490244f06e3c7ff704f

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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. PALLONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 121, July 18, 2018, Page H6558):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 18, 2018 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6434, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6434

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  349205047499ec8caed726feb49415cca544c67a122c6490244f06e3c7ff704f

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