Buffalo Tract Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2640.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2640, Buffalo Tract Protection Act” on June 4, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 15, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 4, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56389

  CBO publication date

  June 4, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2640, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2640

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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. 116-491 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 8, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/491

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2640, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2640

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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 Ms. HAALAND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 77, May 9, 2019, Page H3681):
  Article 1, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 9, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  21 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2640, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2640

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ae039a3a8458cb7e06b4817e7ba48c4788d0c079cd3493c888a50aa29dc9fe9e

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2640, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.