To facilitate the addition of park administration at the Coltsville National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2857.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2857, a bill to facilitate the addition of park administration at the Coltsville National Historical Park, and for other purposes” on March 4, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 3, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 4, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51353

  CBO publication date

  March 4, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2857, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2857

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1b483d65a61001372f1d938530dd6ee6242d1b6071427215f14bbd06b9524a20

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-447 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on March 10, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 10, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/447

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2857, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2857

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1b483d65a61001372f1d938530dd6ee6242d1b6071427215f14bbd06b9524a20

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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. LARSON of Connecticut, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 101, June 23, 2015, Page H4593):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution; Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution; and Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 23, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  173 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2857, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2857

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1b483d65a61001372f1d938530dd6ee6242d1b6071427215f14bbd06b9524a20

  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. 2857, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.