Phosphate and Potash Protection Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8450.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8450, Phosphate and Potash Protection Act of 2024” on July 17, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 12, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 17, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60537

  CBO publication date

  July 17, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8450, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8450

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d95509615217d75b66b06ab93054f3be9439e4cc9197aaaa3c251f953a3a874c

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-833 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 10, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 10, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/833

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8450, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8450

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d95509615217d75b66b06ab93054f3be9439e4cc9197aaaa3c251f953a3a874c

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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. CAMMACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 86, May 17, 2024, Page H3357):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To include phosphate and potash on the final list of critical minerals
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  160 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8450, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8450

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d95509615217d75b66b06ab93054f3be9439e4cc9197aaaa3c251f953a3a874c

  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. 8450, 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.