House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act
Sponsor: Rep. Jackie Speier D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 2010
- Committee actionMay 5, 2010
- Passed HouseMay 18, 2010 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 19, 2010 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4491.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4491, A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the early years of the National Parks, and for other purposes” on May 17, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 5, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21475
- CBO publication date
- May 17, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4491, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4491
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5c263a30250498229aded6ba37f529fc5b3f3a8831822a756eceb3513b16b81e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4491, A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the early years of the National Parks, and for other purposes” on May 17, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 5, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21475
- CBO publication date
- May 17, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4491, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4491
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5c263a30250498229aded6ba37f529fc5b3f3a8831822a756eceb3513b16b81e
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 111-482 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 18, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 18, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/482
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4491, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4491
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5c263a30250498229aded6ba37f529fc5b3f3a8831822a756eceb3513b16b81e
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4491, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
54 cosponsors — 54 Democrats
0 of 54 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Joe Baca (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Jim Costa (D-CA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Artur Davis (D-AL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL) and 24 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.