Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2240.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2240, the Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2011” on March 15, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 29, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43095

  CBO publication date

  March 15, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2240, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2240

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-450 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 19, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 19, 2012 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/450

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2240, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2240

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TSONGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4329):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2240, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2240

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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