Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 146.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 146, Eastern Band Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act” on February 23, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 17, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 23, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53614

  CBO publication date

  February 23, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 146, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/146

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  144a7a577b96b637128f12d8e0c56ea95da76cbc9f1afd42d1985a5594f61156

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-584 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on February 27, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 27, 2018 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/584

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 146, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/146

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  144a7a577b96b637128f12d8e0c56ea95da76cbc9f1afd42d1985a5594f61156

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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. FLEISCHMANN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H50):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2--The Congress shall have power 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 January 3, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  195 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 146, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/146

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  144a7a577b96b637128f12d8e0c56ea95da76cbc9f1afd42d1985a5594f61156

  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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