To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating areas within the island of Guam as a National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2899.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2899, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating areas within the island of Guam as a National Heritage Area, and for other purposes” on January 19, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 14, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 19, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57766

  CBO publication date

  January 19, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2899, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2899

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  671604a302bbb9a0db05dcaf9f89fdffbd9390111253b226b0114cc72146ebbb

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-265 ↗. 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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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/265

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2899, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2899

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  671604a302bbb9a0db05dcaf9f89fdffbd9390111253b226b0114cc72146ebbb

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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. SAN NICOLAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 73, April 28, 2021, Page H2128):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2021 ↗

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  Statement length

  103 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2899, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2899

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  671604a302bbb9a0db05dcaf9f89fdffbd9390111253b226b0114cc72146ebbb

  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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