To expand the boundaries of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area to include Lafourche Parish, Louisiana.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6843.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6843, a bill to expand the boundaries of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area to include Lafourche Parish, Louisiana” on December 5, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on December 3, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 5, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61062

  CBO publication date

  December 5, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6843, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6843

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  55d05c0b65e6a0c77ceb5598577c9fc434411de99a8f3a5b7f8407e06d10a234

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-736 ↗. 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/736

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6843, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6843

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  55d05c0b65e6a0c77ceb5598577c9fc434411de99a8f3a5b7f8407e06d10a234

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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. SCALISE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 207, December 15, 2023, Page H6993):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 provides Congress with the power to ``dispose of and make all needful rules and Regulations respecting the Territory and other Property belonging to the United States.'' The single subject of this legislation is: This bill modifies the boundary area for the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 15, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  401 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6843, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6843

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  55d05c0b65e6a0c77ceb5598577c9fc434411de99a8f3a5b7f8407e06d10a234

  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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