To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to create an exemption for certain shoreline borrow sites.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 524.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 524, a bill to amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to create an exemption for certain shoreline borrow sites” on February 26, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 15, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 26, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60014

  CBO publication date

  February 26, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 524, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/524

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. 118-421 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on March 12, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 12, 2024 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/421

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 524, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/524

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. ROUZER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 16, January 25, 2023, Page H325):
  Article I, Section VIII The single subject of this legislation is: To Amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to create an exemption for certain shoreline borrow sites.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 25, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  168 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 524, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/524

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d615f8b0fd09fee2cc6e664a627cee22932f48748dcb3d3d386bf9418a1c8711

  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. 524, 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.