To revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station and certain land along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, to limit the means by which property within such revised boundaries may be acquired, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1513.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1513, a bill to revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station and certain land along Plum Run in Cumberland Township, to limit the means by which property within such revised boundaries may be” on July 31, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 24, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 31, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44472

  CBO publication date

  July 31, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1513, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1513

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8618584e947ba2b932b56d3db52c8416de3e2a618f8155eddb6eec9a7c988410

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-222 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 20, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 20, 2013 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/222

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1513, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1513

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8618584e947ba2b932b56d3db52c8416de3e2a618f8155eddb6eec9a7c988410

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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. PERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1958):
  Article IV, Section 3, and Article I, Section 8, clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  58 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1513, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1513

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8618584e947ba2b932b56d3db52c8416de3e2a618f8155eddb6eec9a7c988410

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1513, last updated April 7, 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.