To authorize the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Director of the National Park Service to enter into cooperative management agreements for the operation, maintenance, and management of units of the National Park System in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2897.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2897, a bill to authorize the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Director of the National Park Service to enter into cooperative management agreements for the operation, maintenance, and management of units of the National Park System in...” on August 16, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 19, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 16, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53022

  CBO publication date

  August 16, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2897, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2897

  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. 2897, a bill to authorize the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Director of the National Park Service to enter into cooperative management agreements for the operation, maintenance, and management of units of the National Park System in...” on October 20, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 4, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 20, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53226

  CBO publication date

  October 20, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2897, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2897

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cd0522265919d1f80bf43e3673a388900dad407c1be966feb84f44d64b01dc72

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2897, an act to authorize the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative management agreements” on June 7, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 17, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 7, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53957

  CBO publication date

  June 7, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2897, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2897

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cd0522265919d1f80bf43e3673a388900dad407c1be966feb84f44d64b01dc72

• 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 3 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 115-436,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 115-436,Part 1 ↗; S. Rept. 115-315 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 30, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/436
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/436
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/315

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2897, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2897

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cd0522265919d1f80bf43e3673a388900dad407c1be966feb84f44d64b01dc72

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 100, June 13, 2017, Page H4913):
  clause 2 of section 3 of article IV of the Constitution and clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 13, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  116 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2897, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2897

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cd0522265919d1f80bf43e3673a388900dad407c1be966feb84f44d64b01dc72

  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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