CECIL Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2245.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2245, CECIL Act” on February 3, 2020. 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, February 3, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56092

  CBO publication date

  February 3, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2245, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2245

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8989537c8550cf24ce723562f8279e1e332136192d9a4f3c194d82c80baef2b3

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-680 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 22, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 22, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/680

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2245, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2245

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8989537c8550cf24ce723562f8279e1e332136192d9a4f3c194d82c80baef2b3

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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. GRIJALVA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 62, April 10, 2019, Page H3258):
  U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3 To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes; U.S. Const. art. IV, sec. 3, cl. 2, sen. a The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rule and Regulations respecting the Territory of other Property belonging to the United States;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  338 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2245, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2245

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8989537c8550cf24ce723562f8279e1e332136192d9a4f3c194d82c80baef2b3

  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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