Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 538.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 538, Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2017” 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 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52630

  CBO publication date

  April 10, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 538, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/538

  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. 115-50 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on May 9, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 9, 2017 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/50

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 538, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/538

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  07430240efff626bca98552ceca148b2ca3cd488d0a843995c82ebc1c6d741cd

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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. BISHOP of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 9, January 13, 2017, Page H547):
  Art. I, Section 8, clause3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  128 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 538, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/538

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  07430240efff626bca98552ceca148b2ca3cd488d0a843995c82ebc1c6d741cd

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