To amend the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to allow certain land to be used to generate income to provide funding for academic programs, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1556.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1556, A bill to amend the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to allow certain lands to be used to generate income to provide funding for academic programs” on November 30, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 5, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2011 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42739

  CBO publication date

  November 30, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1556, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1556

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8815b86347b745aa0dbd6d07c5f4b74db02ac66414abe961d594070c3d087407

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-306 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 1, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2011 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/306

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1556, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1556

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8815b86347b745aa0dbd6d07c5f4b74db02ac66414abe961d594070c3d087407

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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. LUJAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2856):
  The United States Constitution specifically mentions the relationship between the United States federal government and Native American tribes three times: Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 Article I, Section 8 The Fourteenth Amendment, Section 2
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 20, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  242 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1556, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1556

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8815b86347b745aa0dbd6d07c5f4b74db02ac66414abe961d594070c3d087407

  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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