National Coastal Resilience Data and Services Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3228.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3228, a bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to improve science, data, and services that enable sound decision making in response to coastal flood risk, inc” on July 29, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 19, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 29, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58351

  CBO publication date

  July 29, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3228, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3228

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 17, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f4857c3aab42f0d44636e2bfdd24f890ccf17e57563880363086dbff260218ca

• 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. 117-572 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 16, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 16, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/572

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3228, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3228

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 17, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f4857c3aab42f0d44636e2bfdd24f890ccf17e57563880363086dbff260218ca

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 83, May 13, 2021, Page H2316):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  135 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3228, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3228

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 17, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f4857c3aab42f0d44636e2bfdd24f890ccf17e57563880363086dbff260218ca

  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. 3228, last updated December 17, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.