Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2768.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2768, Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2026” on March 27, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 5, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 27, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62281

  CBO publication date

  March 27, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2768, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2768

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  407c1b445e1297822f860818cd0ceb7b6e44142d8108791fd99308370ae99a13

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-582 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 2, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 2, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/582

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2768, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2768

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  407c1b445e1297822f860818cd0ceb7b6e44142d8108791fd99308370ae99a13

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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. FLEISCHMANN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 64, April 9, 2025, Page H1563):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, which states the Congress shall have the power ``to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or office thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 9, 2025 ↗

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  315 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2768, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2768

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  407c1b445e1297822f860818cd0ceb7b6e44142d8108791fd99308370ae99a13

  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. 2768, last updated July 24, 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.