Big Cat Public Safety Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 263.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 263, Big Cat Public Safety Act” on July 26, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 22, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 26, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58339

  CBO publication date

  July 26, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 263, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/263

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e02a09071d8f0f80187148ca79d2f172d89e557c5348f204f83eb2cb54afdc23

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-428 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 22, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 22, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/428

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 263, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/263

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e02a09071d8f0f80187148ca79d2f172d89e557c5348f204f83eb2cb54afdc23

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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. QUIGLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 6, January 11, 2021, Page H124):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 263, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/263

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e02a09071d8f0f80187148ca79d2f172d89e557c5348f204f83eb2cb54afdc23

  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. 263, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.