White Sands Missile Range Security Enhancement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1299.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1299, White Sands Missile Range Security Enhancement Act” on June 13, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 15, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 13, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44343

  CBO publication date

  June 13, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1299, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1299

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1d59c5ecb10272cba9137d00e2d43cf38ab74db5b572c6087240f9a1862867b7

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-120 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 24, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 24, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/120

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1299, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1299

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1d59c5ecb10272cba9137d00e2d43cf38ab74db5b572c6087240f9a1862867b7

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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. PEARCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1720):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States grants Congress the power to enact this law.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  117 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1299, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1299

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1d59c5ecb10272cba9137d00e2d43cf38ab74db5b572c6087240f9a1862867b7

  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. 1299, last updated June 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.