War Memorial Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1497.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1497, War Memorial Protection Act” on June 24, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 12, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44369

  CBO publication date

  June 24, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1497, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1497

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  84aaf9107838be45ca4f77c76a196259af05f4c33082e64ec4fa7c5117ca9c5e

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-140 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 8, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 8, 2013 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/140

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1497, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1497

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  84aaf9107838be45ca4f77c76a196259af05f4c33082e64ec4fa7c5117ca9c5e

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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. HUNTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1957):
  The Constitutional authority for the War Memorial Protection Act is found in Section 3, Clause 2 of Article IV, which states in part that ``the Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory and other Property belonging to the United States.'' Constitutional authority is also found in Clause 18 of Article I, Section 8, which states that Congress has the authority to ``make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  663 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1497, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1497

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  84aaf9107838be45ca4f77c76a196259af05f4c33082e64ec4fa7c5117ca9c5e

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