Data Preservation Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4299.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4299, Data Preservation Act of 2020” on October 30, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 29, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 30, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56714

  CBO publication date

  October 30, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4299, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4299

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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: H. Rept. 116-669 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 18, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 18, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/669

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4299, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4299

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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 Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 146, September 12, 2019, Page H7706):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 12, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  135 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4299, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4299

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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