Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3839.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3839, Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act” on August 31, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 15, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 31, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51929

  CBO publication date

  August 31, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3839, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3839

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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. 114-714 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 6, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 6, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/714

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3839, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3839

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. NOEM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 158, October 27, 2015, Page H7254):
  Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2, relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 27, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  197 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3839, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3839

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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  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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