Young Fishermen's Development Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1240.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1240, Young Fishermen’s Development Act” on February 6, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 29, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 6, 2020 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56120

  CBO publication date

  February 6, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1240, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1240

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  57546c4e1fb35093b8289b13c6aa84df58e5fdfc22e33275ab653fe60ed4234f

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-429 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 4, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 4, 2020 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/429

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1240, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1240

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  57546c4e1fb35093b8289b13c6aa84df58e5fdfc22e33275ab653fe60ed4234f

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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. YOUNG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 29, February 14, 2019, Page H2033):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 ``To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2019 ↗

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  134 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1240, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1240

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  57546c4e1fb35093b8289b13c6aa84df58e5fdfc22e33275ab653fe60ed4234f

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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