James K. Polk Presidential Home Study Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 443.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 443, James K. Polk Presidential Home Study Act” on January 30, 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, January 30, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53523

  CBO publication date

  January 30, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 443, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/443

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8db3dad0996760166821fca99b6b744d2672723c050d08cdbd4baf98a4da4fc5

• 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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-535 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on January 29, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 29, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/535

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 443, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/443

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8db3dad0996760166821fca99b6b744d2672723c050d08cdbd4baf98a4da4fc5

  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 Mr. DesJARLAIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 7, January 11, 2017, Page H391):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislationpursuant to the following: Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the U.S. Constitution: The Congress shall have the power todispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the UnitedStates
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  299 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 443, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/443

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8db3dad0996760166821fca99b6b744d2672723c050d08cdbd4baf98a4da4fc5

  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. 443, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.