Buckeye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6142.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6142, Buckeye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2021” on May 20, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 16, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 20, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58134

  CBO publication date

  May 20, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6142, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6142

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  63faadc0e5850a88029bb5a8082fa216ebd2b8090377f6e17da5a75a0d0c1e90

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-578 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 16, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 16, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/578

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6142, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6142

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  63faadc0e5850a88029bb5a8082fa216ebd2b8090377f6e17da5a75a0d0c1e90

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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. RYAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 209, December 3, 2021, Page H6915):
  Article I, Section 8: ``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 Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 3, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  258 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6142, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6142

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  63faadc0e5850a88029bb5a8082fa216ebd2b8090377f6e17da5a75a0d0c1e90

  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. 6142, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.