Samish Indian Nation Land Reaffirmation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6181.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6181, A bill to reaffirm that certain land has been taken into trust for the benefit of the Samish Indian Nation, and for other purposes” on September 9, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 15, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58464

  CBO publication date

  September 9, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6181, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6181

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  39c9d5c4c940ac984150d0723e03528964dadb58a20a2081840c1da102c53770

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-598 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 7, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 7, 2022 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/598

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6181, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6181

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  39c9d5c4c940ac984150d0723e03528964dadb58a20a2081840c1da102c53770

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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. GALLEGO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 212, December 8, 2021, Page H7556):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 8, 2021 ↗

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  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6181, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6181

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  39c9d5c4c940ac984150d0723e03528964dadb58a20a2081840c1da102c53770

  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. 6181, last updated April 7, 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.