To rename the Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge as the Congressman Lester Wolff Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 263.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 263, a bill to rename the Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge as the Congressman Lester Wolff Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge” on September 24, 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 24, 2019 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55654

  CBO publication date

  September 24, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 263, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/263

  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. 116-228 ↗. 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 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/228

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 263, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/263

  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. SUOZZI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 2, January 4, 2019, Page H229):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``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 any Department or Officer thereof''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 4, 2019 ↗

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  304 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 263, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/263

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  87b484396ca2946923da16f1c3beb67182cfae81e39ef4f327e6dd0ab58fe1eb

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