To name the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Contact Station of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge unit of Gateway National Recreation Area in honor of James L. Buckley.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5958.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5958, a bill to name the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Contact Station of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge unit of Gateway National Recreation Area in honor of James L. Buckley” on July 13, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 11, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 13, 2012 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43439

  CBO publication date

  July 13, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5958, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5958

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. 112-608 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 19, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 19, 2012 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/608

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5958, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5958

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. TURNER of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3733):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3:[2] The Congress shall have Power To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States,
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

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  Statement length

  137 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5958, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5958

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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