Supporting the Health of Aquatic systems through Research Knowledge and Enhanced Dialogue Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4051.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4051, SHARKED Act” on November 20, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 20, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 20, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59777

  CBO publication date

  November 20, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4051, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4051

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3fd7c5ed68f20db480c109e51e0089de68127d9a22e756940a8264ea7907e358

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-368 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on January 30, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 30, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/368

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4051, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4051

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3fd7c5ed68f20db480c109e51e0089de68127d9a22e756940a8264ea7907e358

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• 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. 169, No. 102, June 12, 2023, Page H2811):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Protection of Recreational Fishing from Shark encounters.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  121 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4051, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4051

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3fd7c5ed68f20db480c109e51e0089de68127d9a22e756940a8264ea7907e358

  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. 4051, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.