Kettle Creek Battlefield Survey Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 306.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 306, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a reconnaissance survey of the site of the Kettle Creek Battlefield in Wilkes County, Georgia, and adjacent property, and for other purposes” on February 18, 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, February 18, 2020 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56148

  CBO publication date

  February 18, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 306, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/306

  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. 116-424 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 27, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 27, 2020 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/424

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 306, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/306

  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. HICE of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 3, January 8, 2019, Page H286):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2, which states: ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2019 ↗

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  Statement length

  217 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 306, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/306

  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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