Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 165.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 165, Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act” on April 3, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on March 5, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61296

  CBO publication date

  April 3, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 165, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/165

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2a5a7e19f68a0b749c8f4512f3aa7d9d7c519d93e119ea91307630b57cfd3e2a

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-72 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on October 2, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 2, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/72

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 165, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/165

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2a5a7e19f68a0b749c8f4512f3aa7d9d7c519d93e119ea91307630b57cfd3e2a

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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. JOHNSON of South Dakota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H41):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions necessary for certain land to be held in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioxu Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  273 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 165, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/165

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2a5a7e19f68a0b749c8f4512f3aa7d9d7c519d93e119ea91307630b57cfd3e2a

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 165, last updated July 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.