To facilitate the addition of park administration at the Coltsville National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 863.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 863, an act to facilitate the addition of park administration at the Coltsville National Historical Park, and for other purposes” 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

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52605

  CBO publication date

  April 10, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 863, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/863

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7d541ea4b164976d8b71e12a0a357369fb56272d2d97bf950801a8e8ee003533

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 115-70 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on May 16, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 16, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/70

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 863, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/863

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7d541ea4b164976d8b71e12a0a357369fb56272d2d97bf950801a8e8ee003533

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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. LARSON of Connecticut, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 19, February 3, 2017, Page H978):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution; Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution; Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 3, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  169 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 863, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/863

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7d541ea4b164976d8b71e12a0a357369fb56272d2d97bf950801a8e8ee003533

  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. 863, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.