Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3222.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3222, National Park Service Legislation” on January 31, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 13, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 31, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57806

  CBO publication date

  January 31, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3222, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3222

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-411 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 14, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 14, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/411

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3222, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3222

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bcb55c987c00ec4829e3716e8fa315638aaad9b2fc1f15add964499dda64a87a

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SEWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 83, May 13, 2021, Page H2316):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2021 ↗

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  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3222, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3222

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bcb55c987c00ec4829e3716e8fa315638aaad9b2fc1f15add964499dda64a87a

  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. 3222, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.