Enslaved Voyages Memorial Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4009.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4009, Enslaved Voyages Memorial Act” on February 24, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 19, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57878

  CBO publication date

  February 24, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4009, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4009

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e49ee1e488cd50696dceb3f423f604f40a72fb0b22cf288a561368b2000c414

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-467 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 19, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 19, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/467

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4009, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4009

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e49ee1e488cd50696dceb3f423f604f40a72fb0b22cf288a561368b2000c414

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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. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 106, June 17, 2021, Page H2930):
  clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 17, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  56 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4009, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4009

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e49ee1e488cd50696dceb3f423f604f40a72fb0b22cf288a561368b2000c414

  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. 4009, 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.