Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3977.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3977, Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence Act” on March 6, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on December 5, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 6, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56241

  CBO publication date

  March 6, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3977, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3977

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  60896c4a651583ce1c3524ab77e8bdf7f07278cd3b46e10bd5d5998c588a7a65

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-648 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 15, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 15, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/648

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3977, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3977

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  60896c4a651583ce1c3524ab77e8bdf7f07278cd3b46e10bd5d5998c588a7a65

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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. 126, July 25, 2019, Page H7468):
  U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  39 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3977, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3977

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  60896c4a651583ce1c3524ab77e8bdf7f07278cd3b46e10bd5d5998c588a7a65

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3977, 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.