Preserving America’s Battlefields Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 307.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 307, Preserving America’s Battlefields Act” on December 18, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 20, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 18, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55965

  CBO publication date

  December 18, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 307, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/307

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  97b2a56ac839aedf1580e944a504b76737f5c54bfcaecb858b49f7669727e086

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-627 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 8, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 8, 2020 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/627

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 307, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/307

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  97b2a56ac839aedf1580e944a504b76737f5c54bfcaecb858b49f7669727e086

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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):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States) and clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress), and Article IV, section 3, clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  556 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 307, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/307

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  97b2a56ac839aedf1580e944a504b76737f5c54bfcaecb858b49f7669727e086

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