Native American Burial Sites and Cultural Resources Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5865.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaMALFA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 161, October 2, 2023, Page H4951):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Establishes a pilot program with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to protect Native American burial sites, village sites, and cultural resources.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 2, 2023 ↗

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  291 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5865, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5865

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4a7d8f69a8e2e7f59fc2ca39bfe95cc5d4bae10d8fbdd5390458dc8a1bbecfe2

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of November 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5865, last updated November 18, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.