Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1031.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1031, Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2020” on November 5, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 29, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 5, 2020 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56741

  CBO publication date

  November 5, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1031, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1031

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-666 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 18, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 18, 2020 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/666

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1031, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1031

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 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. VARGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 23, February 6, 2019, Page H1393):
  (1) To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution; and (2) To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2019 ↗

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  Statement length

  494 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1031, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1031

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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