To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize the volunteer programs and community partnerships for the benefit of national wildlife refuges, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1300.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-112 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 17, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 17, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/112

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1300, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1300

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1c0c1838c38a683ab436212d8404455714a741100f5514ec19b20a764c76f56f

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUNYAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1720):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which states ``The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and regulations respecting the Territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  449 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1300, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1300

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1c0c1838c38a683ab436212d8404455714a741100f5514ec19b20a764c76f56f

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

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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