House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To remove a use restriction on land formerly a part of Acadia National Park that was transferred to the town of Tremont, Maine, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2014
- Committee actionJun 19, 2014
- Passed HouseSep 8, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 9, 2014 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4527.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4527, a bill to remove a use restriction on land formerly a part of Acadia National Park that was transferred to the town of Tremont, Maine, and for other purposes” on July 9, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 19, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 9, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45515
- CBO publication date
- July 9, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4527, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4527
- 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. 113-535 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 17, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 17, 2014 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/535
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4527, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4527
- 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. MICHAUD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3364):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4527, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4527
- 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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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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