National Wildlife Refuge Review Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 638.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 638, National Wildlife Refuge Review Act of 2013” on September 9, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 24, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44556

  CBO publication date

  September 9, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 638, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/638

  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. 113-218 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 20, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 20, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/218

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 638, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/638

  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. FLEMING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H502):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which states ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  449 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 638, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/638

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bb4a3de839f8a42606563cace24a5533904a3b9929b00bbccf849eb4ae7175f9

  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. 638, 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.