To enact title 54, United States Code, "National Park System", as positive law.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1950.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1950, a bill to enact title 54, United States Code, “National Park System,” as positive law” on July 27, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 10, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 27, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43493

  CBO publication date

  July 27, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1950, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1950

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b48df1a288d2560e5c0b13f667a69e30c2d2972a1c2e3f0bb31b610c5c093095

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-631 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 31, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 31, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/631

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1950, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1950

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b48df1a288d2560e5c0b13f667a69e30c2d2972a1c2e3f0bb31b610c5c093095

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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. SMITH of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3343):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation, which restates certain existing laws as part of a positive law title of the United States Code, pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  210 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1950, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1950

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b48df1a288d2560e5c0b13f667a69e30c2d2972a1c2e3f0bb31b610c5c093095

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

• Congress.gov noteA page further explaining the bill is available from the Office of the Law Revision Counsel at http://uscode.house.gov/codification/t54/index.html.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1950, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1950

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b48df1a288d2560e5c0b13f667a69e30c2d2972a1c2e3f0bb31b610c5c093095

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1950, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.