To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield located in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, Kentucky, and the feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 298.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 298, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield located in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, Kentucky, and the feasibility of its inclusion in the National” on November 7, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 30, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 7, 2013 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44708

  CBO publication date

  November 7, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 298, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/298

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

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  September 23, 2026

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-280 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 2, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 2, 2013 ↗

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/280

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 298, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/298

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

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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. ROGERS of Kentucky, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H172):
  Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2--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 ↗

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  325 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 298, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/298

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

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