To redesignate certain facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 249.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 249, a bill to redesignate certain facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr.” on February 25, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 12, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 25, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61220

  CBO publication date

  February 25, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 249, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/249

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-62 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 17, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 17, 2025 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/62

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 249, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/249

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1eae06bf89094acd61de87b280b6f99c0da5497a0036801cdc37f5d11f327c43

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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. PALLONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 5, January 9, 2025, Page H92):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2025 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 249, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/249

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1eae06bf89094acd61de87b280b6f99c0da5497a0036801cdc37f5d11f327c43

  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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