National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memorial Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 503.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 503, National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memorial Act” on April 16, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 9, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 16, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45267

  CBO publication date

  April 16, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 503, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/503

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  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. 113-437 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 6, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 6, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/437

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 503, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/503

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  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. ROE of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H371):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress as stated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  158 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 503, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/503

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b8351aa0b3f407a14f4a2d204b1328e1bdacf60fae7103001520287048abd294

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 503, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.