Bolstering Ecosystems Against Coastal Harm Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5490.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5490, BEACH Act” on March 19, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on December 6, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 19, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60121

  CBO publication date

  March 19, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5490, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5490

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 19, 2025

  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. 118-667 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 12, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 12, 2024 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/667

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5490, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5490

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 19, 2025

  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 Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 149, September 14, 2023, Page H4348):
  Acticle 1, Section 8 US Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Updating the US Fish and Wildlife Service maps for the original Coastal Barrier Resources Act
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  173 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5490, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5490

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 19, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9c5af9576a25d9014d60270b796a0a61c8671b361f0d10964dc19702325c7c3f

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