Ocean Pollution Reduction Act II

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 587.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 587, Ocean Pollution Reduction Act II” on May 13, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 24, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57210

  CBO publication date

  May 13, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 587, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/587

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ddaa2624adf6caac3d51731bf6adff5b14ac0fda15ead59a7bbd193116197101

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-41 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on May 28, 2021.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 28, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/41

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 587, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/587

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ddaa2624adf6caac3d51731bf6adff5b14ac0fda15ead59a7bbd193116197101

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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. PETERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 17, January 28, 2021, Page H252):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 587, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/587

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ddaa2624adf6caac3d51731bf6adff5b14ac0fda15ead59a7bbd193116197101

  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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