Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4770.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4770, Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2023” on February 22, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 26, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 22, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60001

  CBO publication date

  February 22, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4770, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4770

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ec14fe4b4283bc872dcb6290b5b29637c59a280baeae8795c90a2afd02d2ce1d

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-434 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 2, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 2, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/434

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4770, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4770

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ec14fe4b4283bc872dcb6290b5b29637c59a280baeae8795c90a2afd02d2ce1d

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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. SARBANES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 125, July 20, 2023, Page H3889):
  Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the following statement is submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Environmental Education
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  427 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4770, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4770

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ec14fe4b4283bc872dcb6290b5b29637c59a280baeae8795c90a2afd02d2ce1d

  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. 4770, last updated May 27, 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.