400 Years of African-American History Commission Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4539.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4539, 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act” on September 1, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 13, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 1, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51939

  CBO publication date

  September 1, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4539, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4539

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  97be27cd20b350e4a9a3e1c2867c07c29ff443b2165b6ba7123eb884c715c9ce

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 114-341 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and 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/SRPT/341

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4539, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4539

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  97be27cd20b350e4a9a3e1c2867c07c29ff443b2165b6ba7123eb884c715c9ce

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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. SCOTT of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 25, February 11, 2016, Page H775):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  64 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4539, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4539

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  97be27cd20b350e4a9a3e1c2867c07c29ff443b2165b6ba7123eb884c715c9ce

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4539, 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.