To provide for the boundary of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park to be adjusted, to authorize the donation of land to the United States for addition to that historic park, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 268.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 268, a bill to provide for the boundary of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park to be adjusted, to authorize the donation of land to the United States for addition to that historic park, and for other purposes” on March 10, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 9, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 10, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57917

  CBO publication date

  March 10, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 268, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/268

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9377f85ca6808f0f19862ced4358a22dbac18b3c368da63726d2294cc33eb448

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-268 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on March 9, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 9, 2022 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/268

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 268, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/268

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9377f85ca6808f0f19862ced4358a22dbac18b3c368da63726d2294cc33eb448

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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. VELA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 6, January 11, 2021, Page H124):
  Article I, Section I, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of legislative powers generally granted to Congress, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution in that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Office thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2021 ↗

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  620 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 268, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/268

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9377f85ca6808f0f19862ced4358a22dbac18b3c368da63726d2294cc33eb448

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

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