HALE Scouts Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 473.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 473, HALE Scouts Act” on August 1, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 20, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 1, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41636

  CBO publication date

  August 1, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 473, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/473

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b9ca6503c5108451840e2b18a5e047988e2a74a752d1488ba53cd7ca8fefa308

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-218 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 23, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 23, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/218

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 473, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/473

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b9ca6503c5108451840e2b18a5e047988e2a74a752d1488ba53cd7ca8fefa308

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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. BOREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H511):
  Clause II, Section III, Article IV of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 473, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/473

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b9ca6503c5108451840e2b18a5e047988e2a74a752d1488ba53cd7ca8fefa308

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 473, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.