Vera C. Rubin Observatory Designation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3196.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3196, Vera Rubin Survey Telescope Designation Act,” on June 25, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on June 20, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55395

  CBO publication date

  June 25, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3196, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3196

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  80a07f8c99724798b5473c895242cc06ae8e7015494157ab4a7141e4a89663e0

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3196, Vera Rubin Survey Telescope Designation Act” on June 25, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on June 20, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55395

  CBO publication date

  June 25, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3196, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3196

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  80a07f8c99724798b5473c895242cc06ae8e7015494157ab4a7141e4a89663e0

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-132 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on June 27, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 27, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/132

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3196, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3196

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  80a07f8c99724798b5473c895242cc06ae8e7015494157ab4a7141e4a89663e0

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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. JOHNSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 97, June 11, 2019, Page H4432):
  Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3196, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3196

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  80a07f8c99724798b5473c895242cc06ae8e7015494157ab4a7141e4a89663e0

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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