Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Northern Long-Eared Bat".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 49.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 49, a joint resolution providing for Congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endan” on May 24, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 28, 20”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 24, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59202

  CBO publication date

  May 24, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 49, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/49

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-96 ↗. 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 ↗

  Evidence

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/96

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 49, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/49

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 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. STAUBER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 58, March 30, 2023, Page H1695):
  Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single single subject of this legislation is: The purpose of this bill is to disapprove of Fed. Reg. 73488.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 30, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  156 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 49, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/49

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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