To designate the visitor and education center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6826.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6826, a bill to designate the visitor and education center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center” on October 24, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 19, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 24, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60859

  CBO publication date

  October 24, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6826, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6826

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 9, 2026

  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. 118-738 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 14, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 14, 2024 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/738

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6826, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6826

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 9, 2026

  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. MFUME, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 206, December 14, 2023, Page H6987):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: National Park Service
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 14, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  128 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6826, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6826

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bd75b712e81062cbbbf8b7777a7a3d178af9c36248337fa9bdc7bad8500625ee

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

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