Indian Buffalo Management Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6368.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6368, Indian Buffalo Management Act” on June 5, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural resources on March 12, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 5, 2024 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60375

  CBO publication date

  June 5, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6368, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6368

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-563 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 27, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 27, 2024 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/563

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6368, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6368

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 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. LaMALFA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 187, November 13, 2023, Page H5729):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 (``The Commerce Clause''), and Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 (``The Territorial Clause'') of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To authorize buffalo restoration and management program within the Interior Department to promote and develop the capacity of Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to manage buffalo and buffalo habitat.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 13, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  404 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6368, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6368

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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