To modify the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1621.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1621, a bill to modify the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes” on April 26, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Natural Resources Committee on March 16, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 26, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51499

  CBO publication date

  April 26, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1621, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1621

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  70e64915a212e90175cec8cbd888ccb206bbaac8a373a87e67c60b752cc688a9

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-562 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 11, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 11, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/562

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1621, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1621

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  70e64915a212e90175cec8cbd888ccb206bbaac8a373a87e67c60b752cc688a9

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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. FORBES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 50, March 25, 2015, Page H2034):
  Article IV, Section 3 and Article, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 25, 2015 ↗

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  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1621, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1621

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  70e64915a212e90175cec8cbd888ccb206bbaac8a373a87e67c60b752cc688a9

  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. 1621, last updated June 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.