A joint resoulution designating the Civil War Center at Louisiana State University as the United States Civil War Center, making the center the flagship institution for planning the sesquicentennial commemoration of the Civil War, and for other purpoes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S.J.Res. 42.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 104-263 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on May 9, 1996.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 9, 1996 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/263

  Congress.gov bill record

  S.J.Res. 42, 104th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/sjres/42

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d847b4c5262d4ded9b83f86737c8a91d5ca253a1631b7ea55e681326b3393e7b

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for S.J.Res. 42, 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.