Digital Coast Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2189.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2189, Digital Coast Act” on October 11, 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, October 11, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55719

  CBO publication date

  October 11, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2189, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2189

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  047d24af7d7b473852f5fd2aa1f204f9f4599cfdb8e740a07b912d9bee46f606

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-315 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources 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/315

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2189, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2189

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  047d24af7d7b473852f5fd2aa1f204f9f4599cfdb8e740a07b912d9bee46f606

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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. RUPPERSBERGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 61, April 9, 2019, Page H3219):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 9, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  134 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2189, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2189

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  047d24af7d7b473852f5fd2aa1f204f9f4599cfdb8e740a07b912d9bee46f606

  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. 2189, last updated December 9, 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.