Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 529.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 529, Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act” on February 13, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on November 30, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 13, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59984

  CBO publication date

  February 13, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 529, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/529

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  29c2789d839a9e410f26516ec03a08a5dc58803510a611a085b835a00e21db7c

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• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 118-436 ↗; H. Rept. 118-436,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on April 5, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 5, 2024 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/436
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/436

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 529, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/529

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  29c2789d839a9e410f26516ec03a08a5dc58803510a611a085b835a00e21db7c

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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. WALTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 16, January 25, 2023, Page H325):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Trade
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 25, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  69 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 529, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/529

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  29c2789d839a9e410f26516ec03a08a5dc58803510a611a085b835a00e21db7c

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