Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7976.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 63, April 12, 2024, Page H2367):
  clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: The Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park Act of 2024 would redesignate the 22 Civil War Defenses of Washington located in the District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland currently under National Park Service jurisdiction as a national historical park.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 12, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7976, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7976

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  433e9203cd91545e4573187500a3431a94233d056d9aee1942d49b7173308c17

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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