National Heritage Area Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1049.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1049, National Heritage Area Act of 2020” on July 1, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 29, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 1, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56455

  CBO publication date

  July 1, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1049, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1049

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1632010a33a16f567f00b7d13576f16a626ef842ecaace3e62f0b4bc08d4ffab

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-601 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 19, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 19, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/601

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1049, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1049

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1632010a33a16f567f00b7d13576f16a626ef842ecaace3e62f0b4bc08d4ffab

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WEXTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 173, October 31, 2019, Pages H8720-H8721):
  Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  3,657 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1049, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1049

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1632010a33a16f567f00b7d13576f16a626ef842ecaace3e62f0b4bc08d4ffab

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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