To designate the Salt Pond Visitor Center at Cape Cod National Seashore as the "Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Salt Pond Visitor Center", and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4400.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4400, a bill to designate the Salt Pond Visitor Center at the Cape Cod National Seashore as the "Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Salt Pond Visitor Center," and for other purposes” on June 19, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 7, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 19, 2012 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43339

  CBO publication date

  June 19, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4400, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4400

  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. 112-598 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 17, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 17, 2012 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/598

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4400, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4400

  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 Mr. MARKEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2031):
  Article IV, section 3 of the United States Constitution, which states in relevant part that, ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States,'' grants Congress the authority to enact this legislation.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4400, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4400

  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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