Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Land Affirmation Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 317.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 317, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Land Affirmation Act of 2019” on November 21, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on November 6, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2019 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55887

  CBO publication date

  November 21, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 317, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/317

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 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: S. Rept. 116-191 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on January 6, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 6, 2020 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/191

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 317, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/317

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 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 Mr. LaMALFA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 3, January 8, 2019, Page H287):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution provides Congress with the authority to regulate commerce with Indians in the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2019 ↗

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  133 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 317, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/317

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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