To enact title 54, United States Code, "National Park Service and Related Programs", as positive law.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1068.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1068, a bill to enact title 54, United States Code, "National Park Service and Related Programs," as positive law” on March 27, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 14, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 27, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44034

  CBO publication date

  March 27, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1068, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1068

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8dd22ba856d52321946f50db8cd08f602b89ef897d51383c55e4f457083c8472

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-44 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 19, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 19, 2013 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/44

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1068, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1068

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8dd22ba856d52321946f50db8cd08f602b89ef897d51383c55e4f457083c8472

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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. GOODLATTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H1357-H1358):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution confers on Congress the authority to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by the Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof. This legislation restates certain existing laws as part of a positive law title of the United States Code. Enacting titles of the United States Code is a necessary role of Congress with respect to executing the powers vested by the Constitution in the government of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

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  Statement length

  669 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1068, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1068

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8dd22ba856d52321946f50db8cd08f602b89ef897d51383c55e4f457083c8472

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• Congress.gov noteA page further explaining the bill is available from the Office of the Law Revision Counsel at http://uscode.house.gov/codification/t54/index.html.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1068, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1068

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8dd22ba856d52321946f50db8cd08f602b89ef897d51383c55e4f457083c8472

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