Native American Child Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4957.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4957, Native American Child Protection Act” on June 1, 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, June 1, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56378

  CBO publication date

  June 1, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4957, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4957

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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. 116-493 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 8, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/493

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4957, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4957

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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. GALLEGO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 173, October 31, 2019, Page H8719):
  Artile I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4957, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4957

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ad0b6e34e295f735462606e3ef1b95348c3ed9a5bfc87153cdba5b3afaa5667d

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4957, 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.