Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3596.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3596, Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act” on November 1, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 25, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 1, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55812

  CBO publication date

  November 1, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3596, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3596

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-295 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 15, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 15, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/295

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3596, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3596

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. PINGREE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 110, June 28, 2019, Page H5265):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of the US Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 28, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  44 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3596, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3596

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dae3b41d9c735174d3c4e4256d9825600ff83fab5f04fb8a135011a95d07a1e5

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3596, 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.