Tribal Recognition Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3764.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3764, Tribal Recognition Act of 2016” on November 22, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 8, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 22, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52290

  CBO publication date

  November 22, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3764, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3764

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3da6463c231320954510a759488963463c491935897558163f047f94438a1af1

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-847 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 7, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 7, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/847

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3764, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3764

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3da6463c231320954510a759488963463c491935897558163f047f94438a1af1

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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. BISHOP of Utah, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 153, October 20, 2015, Page H7027):
  Article I, section 8, clause 3
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 20, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3764, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3764

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3da6463c231320954510a759488963463c491935897558163f047f94438a1af1

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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