Black Hills Cemetery Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 291.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 291, Black Hills Cemetery Act” on April 3, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 20, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 3, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44048

  CBO publication date

  April 3, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 291, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/291

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f7dddfce01e8acf672ee9200bbcc2d26169c114324d2daf7ad98b0d3d91cb24a

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-26 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 9, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 9, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/26

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 291, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/291

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f7dddfce01e8acf672ee9200bbcc2d26169c114324d2daf7ad98b0d3d91cb24a

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. NOEM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H172):
  Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2, relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  197 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 291, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/291

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f7dddfce01e8acf672ee9200bbcc2d26169c114324d2daf7ad98b0d3d91cb24a

  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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