National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2405.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2405, National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2019” on September 30, 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 30, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55676

  CBO publication date

  September 30, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2405, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2405

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  140682fed4245e934b20448159533ceb162b207be20eb63a9080814517cb6824

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-323 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 5, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 5, 2019 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/323

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2405, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2405

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  140682fed4245e934b20448159533ceb162b207be20eb63a9080814517cb6824

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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. HUFFMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 70, April 30, 2019, Page H3340):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2019 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  559 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2405, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2405

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  140682fed4245e934b20448159533ceb162b207be20eb63a9080814517cb6824

  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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