R.I.C.E.’s Whale Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6008.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6008, R.I.C.E.’s Whale Act” on June 27, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 8, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 27, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60471

  CBO publication date

  June 27, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6008, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6008

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8f5583cbcf0c60af2fb0f93b9affd66b0110637a3b66c3acac13da0fc4a0f075

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-716 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 25, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 25, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/716

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6008, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6008

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8f5583cbcf0c60af2fb0f93b9affd66b0110637a3b66c3acac13da0fc4a0f075

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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. GRAVES of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 173, October 20, 2023, Pages H5038-H5039):
  Article 1, Section 8, clause 3 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit the implementation of certain documents until the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Marine Fisheries Service issues documents relating to the Rice's whale.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 20, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  295 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6008, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6008

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8f5583cbcf0c60af2fb0f93b9affd66b0110637a3b66c3acac13da0fc4a0f075

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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