Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Marine Fisheries Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 46.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 46, a joint resolution providing for Congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Marine Fisheries Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations” on May 19, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 28, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59191

  CBO publication date

  May 19, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 46, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/46

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c05c2073def32dfaa38515269efbc446a34ce6dd1534b6479343e7b6589ffaeb

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-95 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 5, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 5, 2023 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/95

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 46, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/46

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c05c2073def32dfaa38515269efbc446a34ce6dd1534b6479343e7b6589ffaeb

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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. BENTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 58, March 30, 2023, Page H1695):
  Article I Section 8 clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: CRA on designating Critical Habitat.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 30, 2023 ↗

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  109 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 46, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/46

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c05c2073def32dfaa38515269efbc446a34ce6dd1534b6479343e7b6589ffaeb

  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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