National Bison Legacy Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2908.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2908, National Bison Legacy Act” on March 15, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 1, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51380

  CBO publication date

  March 15, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2908, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2908

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-483 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 12, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 12, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/483

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2908, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2908

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0b3e8fae32f18c93387b6e4860588a48ac9dc06408b2e20191aae0408606db0d

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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. CLAY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 103, June 25, 2015, Page H4772):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2908, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2908

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0b3e8fae32f18c93387b6e4860588a48ac9dc06408b2e20191aae0408606db0d

  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. 2908, last updated December 5, 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.