Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4248.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4248, Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2019” on July 28, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 15, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 28, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56494

  CBO publication date

  July 28, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4248, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4248

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. 116-609 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 2, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 2, 2020 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/609

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4248, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4248

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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 Mr. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 143, September 9, 2019, Page H7559):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 9, 2019 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  167 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4248, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4248

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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  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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