Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2051.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2051, Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019” on November 18, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on October 17, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 18, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55857

  CBO publication date

  November 18, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2051, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2051

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e71e50566099d9dbf745953e308f7d2792fba93c6f001fb8e73ae89bae53c452

• 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. 116-312 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on November 26, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 26, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/312

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2051, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2051

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e71e50566099d9dbf745953e308f7d2792fba93c6f001fb8e73ae89bae53c452

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WEXTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 173, October 31, 2019, Pages H8720-H8721):
  Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  3,657 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2051, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2051

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e71e50566099d9dbf745953e308f7d2792fba93c6f001fb8e73ae89bae53c452

  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. 2051, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.