To amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 438.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 438, a bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes” on June 24, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 26, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57316

  CBO publication date

  June 24, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 438, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/438

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  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. 117-103 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 26, 2021.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 26, 2021 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/103

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 438, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/438

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. YOUNG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 12, January 21, 2021, Page H227):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2021 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 438, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/438

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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