York River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2197.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2197, York River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2013” on July 30, 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 30, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44470

  CBO publication date

  July 30, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2197, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2197

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  55d06268719cb2468fb62afa94d140ecbd3f23655152cb9d170a84c0615b26e0

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-223 ↗. 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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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/223

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2197, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2197

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  55d06268719cb2468fb62afa94d140ecbd3f23655152cb9d170a84c0615b26e0

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE of Maine, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2958):
  Congress has the power to enact legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1--The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3--The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  537 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2197, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2197

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  55d06268719cb2468fb62afa94d140ecbd3f23655152cb9d170a84c0615b26e0

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

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