To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a structure for visitor services on the Arlington Ridge tract, in the area of the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4789.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4789, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a structure for visitor services on the Arlington Ridge tract, in the area of the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, and for other purposes” on June 30, 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, June 30, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51758

  CBO publication date

  June 30, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4789, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4789

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f980ae986fbcf269dff312f641119920f9ba41c25e276e09f7075d11229746d7

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-690 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 14, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 14, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/690

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4789, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4789

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f980ae986fbcf269dff312f641119920f9ba41c25e276e09f7075d11229746d7

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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. BEYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 43, March 17, 2016, Page H1463):
  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 March 17, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  197 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4789, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4789

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f980ae986fbcf269dff312f641119920f9ba41c25e276e09f7075d11229746d7

  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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