Alabama Hills National Scenic Area Establishment Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 496.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 496, Alabama Hills National Scenic Area Establishment Act” on May 18, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 16, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 18, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51600

  CBO publication date

  May 18, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 496, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/496

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  861cc61c6f8ff31663f5058509962afefaee55655a421a4b6506d66f3f6e1334

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-575 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 19, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 19, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/575

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 496, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/496

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  861cc61c6f8ff31663f5058509962afefaee55655a421a4b6506d66f3f6e1334

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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. COOK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 11, January 22, 2015, Page H533):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2015 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 496, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/496

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  861cc61c6f8ff31663f5058509962afefaee55655a421a4b6506d66f3f6e1334

  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. 496, 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.