Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 520.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 520, Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act” on May 7, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 24, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 7, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44133

  CBO publication date

  May 7, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 520, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/520

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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. 113-81 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 17, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 17, 2013 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/81

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 520, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/520

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c9193565baad9839a7e1244b9e57e8d6e8d6b4e57074935f3065493ced22d24c

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SPEIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H372):
  Article 1, Section 8: Congress shall have the power to regulate commerce among the states, and provide for the general welfare. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  148 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 520, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/520

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c9193565baad9839a7e1244b9e57e8d6e8d6b4e57074935f3065493ced22d24c

  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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