To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Chief Standing Bear National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2490.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2490, a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Chief Standing Bear National Historic Trail, and for other purposes” on September 27, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 18, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55667

  CBO publication date

  September 27, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2490, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2490

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. 116-232 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 11, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 11, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/232

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2490, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2490

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. FORTENBERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 72, May 2, 2019, Page H3441):
  The constitutional authority for this bill is pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 2, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  124 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2490, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2490

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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