Chicano Park Preservation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3711.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3711, Chicano Park Preservation Act” on November 29, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 16, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 29, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52300

  CBO publication date

  November 29, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3711, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3711

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb504e7c98df8f4360a1e38d38936825227195832e9aa4d0399a1eecf5466b90

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-845 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 5, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 5, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/845

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3711, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3711

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb504e7c98df8f4360a1e38d38936825227195832e9aa4d0399a1eecf5466b90

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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. VARGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 148, October 8, 2015, Page H6936):
  Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution, which states: The Congress shall have the 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 any particular State.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 8, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  365 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3711, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3711

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb504e7c98df8f4360a1e38d38936825227195832e9aa4d0399a1eecf5466b90

  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. 3711, last updated April 7, 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.