Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act Amendments of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1314.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1314, Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act Amendments of 2019” on September 27, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 18, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55666

  CBO publication date

  September 27, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1314, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1314

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  21e47bac3521f5aa7b534c811c51fd1272c14dc2a35ac2fc01dda36b66849db8

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-231 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 11, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 11, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/231

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1314, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1314

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  21e47bac3521f5aa7b534c811c51fd1272c14dc2a35ac2fc01dda36b66849db8

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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. 31, February 19, 2019, Pages H2042-H2043):
  ``The Congress shall have power to . . . regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 19, 2019 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  139 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1314, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1314

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  21e47bac3521f5aa7b534c811c51fd1272c14dc2a35ac2fc01dda36b66849db8

  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. 1314, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.