To authorize the Every Word We Utter Monument to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 473.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 473, a bill to authorize the Every Word We Utter Monument to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes” on October 8, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 18, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 8, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55706

  CBO publication date

  October 8, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 473, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/473

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. 116-229 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 11, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 11, 2019 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/229

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 473, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/473

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b95292968ecff7fb9629a1dd4705eb6402a3f77cf16243d2b9564baa0af5b27c

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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. NEGUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 5, January 10, 2019, Pages H464-H465):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  43 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 473, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/473

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b95292968ecff7fb9629a1dd4705eb6402a3f77cf16243d2b9564baa0af5b27c

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