Springfield Race Riot Study Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 139.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 139, Springfield Race Riot Study Act” on April 9, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 11, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 9, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56320

  CBO publication date

  April 9, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 139, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/139

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 9, 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. 116-439 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 9, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 9, 2020 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/439

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 139, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/139

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 9, 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. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 1, January 3, 2019, Page H215):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2019 ↗

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  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 139, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/139

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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