Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 494.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 494, Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary Expansion Act” on April 10, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 30, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 10, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52607

  CBO publication date

  April 10, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 494, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/494

  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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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 115-114 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on June 20, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 20, 2017 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/114

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 494, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/494

  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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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 8, January 12, 2017, Page H473):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The Congress shall have Power to makeall Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested bythe Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. By
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  294 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 494, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/494

  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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