Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Reauthorization Act of 2022

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5973.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5973, Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Reauthorization Act of 2021” on April 20, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 16, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 20, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58012

  CBO publication date

  April 20, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5973, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5973

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  389011c534d547646be8490a4a5fe2b9f4e38eed921e90bf3e2cd406bdb582e8

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-298 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 25, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 25, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/298

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5973, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5973

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  389011c534d547646be8490a4a5fe2b9f4e38eed921e90bf3e2cd406bdb582e8

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 198, November 15, 2021, Page H6267):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 15, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  137 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5973, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5973

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  389011c534d547646be8490a4a5fe2b9f4e38eed921e90bf3e2cd406bdb582e8

  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. 5973, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.