West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4119.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4119, West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act” on August 7, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 30, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 7, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45635

  CBO publication date

  August 7, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4119, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4119

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-592 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 15, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2014 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/592

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4119, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4119

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2098):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  224 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4119, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4119

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bff1bdf3cee03a2c0652f436c4bf0eb708d6b996c743e4c33946999f6d4d7e2f

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