To redesignate the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 588.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 588, A bill to redesignate the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge as the "Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge"” on October 31, 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, October 31, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42670

  CBO publication date

  October 31, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 588, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/588

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  73f20b97cb6f50df3eac4ea604d23d3170f91158caf891b72b688897b38fcdf7

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-279 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 10, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 10, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/279

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 588, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/588

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  73f20b97cb6f50df3eac4ea604d23d3170f91158caf891b72b688897b38fcdf7

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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. HARPER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H600):
  Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  56 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 588, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/588

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  73f20b97cb6f50df3eac4ea604d23d3170f91158caf891b72b688897b38fcdf7

  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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