Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Establishment Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2888.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2888, Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Establishment Act” on December 15, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on December 13, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 15, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53413

  CBO publication date

  December 15, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2888, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2888

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2888, Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Establishment Act” on April 10, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 8, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 10, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53735

  CBO publication date

  April 10, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2888, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2888

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ca38db88c3362189c1fcd19a4ddc7d3a81d134326098d9f8fed7a341ab909726

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 115-540 ↗; S. Rept. 115-237 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 25, 2018 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/540
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/237

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2888, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2888

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ca38db88c3362189c1fcd19a4ddc7d3a81d134326098d9f8fed7a341ab909726

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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. SMITH of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 99, June 12, 2017, Page H4855):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and regulations respecting the Territory of other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice and Claims or the United States, or any particular State. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2017 ↗

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  344 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2888, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2888

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ca38db88c3362189c1fcd19a4ddc7d3a81d134326098d9f8fed7a341ab909726

  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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