Protect and Restore America's Estuaries Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4044.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4044, Protect and Restore America’s Estuaries Act” on October 2, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 20, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 2, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55690

  CBO publication date

  October 2, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4044, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4044

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  626e2da1a23c9201c0cc65bdcad8764ecb9eeeade68a9b3dbf87cd8b81c38796

• 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. 116-288 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 13, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 13, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/288

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4044, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4044

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  626e2da1a23c9201c0cc65bdcad8764ecb9eeeade68a9b3dbf87cd8b81c38796

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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. MALINOWSKI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 126, July 25, 2019, Page H7470):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  76 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4044, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4044

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  626e2da1a23c9201c0cc65bdcad8764ecb9eeeade68a9b3dbf87cd8b81c38796

  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. 4044, last updated May 28, 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.