Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5532.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5532, Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Act” on August 31, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 18, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 31, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54411

  CBO publication date

  August 31, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5532, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5532

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-927 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 7, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 7, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/927

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5532, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5532

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 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. CLYBURN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 62, April 17, 2018, Page H3396):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  46 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5532, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5532

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bf88e2585cc1b2c77547bae083f49300b9e7ed410bdb974a841abbd99d8caeef

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5532, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.