Earth Sciences and Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10377.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WITTMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 184, December 11, 2024, Page H7112):
  Article I of the Constitution of the United States of America The single subject of this legislation is: Authorizes and appropriates funds for the Secretary of the Interior to enter Into Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with foreign governments to advance geologic mapping, mineral resource assessment, data analysis, and training in environmental and workplace standards with foreign governments.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  398 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10377, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10377

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 22, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a2c5b58f357666271f66cac4deb1ac8373d1f950c05b5d56f380624a24fac2ca

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 22, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10377, last updated August 22, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.