Protecting States, Opening National Parks Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3286.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3286, Protecting States, Opening National Parks Act” on December 18, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resource on December 4, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 18, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44979

  CBO publication date

  December 18, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3286, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3286

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  50702804861b9bac079381ec579f57260d649c7d2049d0419d48ed991407b4bc

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-694 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 22, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 22, 2014 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/694

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3286, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3286

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  50702804861b9bac079381ec579f57260d649c7d2049d0419d48ed991407b4bc

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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. DAINES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6545):
  Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 3, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  71 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3286, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3286

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  50702804861b9bac079381ec579f57260d649c7d2049d0419d48ed991407b4bc

  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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