To consolidate certain mineral interests in the National Grasslands in Billings County, North Dakota, through the exchange of Federal and private mineral interests to enhance land management capabilities and environmental and wildlife protection, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2574.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2574, A bill to consolidate certain mineral interests in the National Grasslands in Billings County, North Dakota, through the exchange of federal and private mineral interests...” on March 23, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on March 11, 1998”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 23, 1998 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10689

  CBO publication date

  March 23, 1998

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2574, 105th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2574

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-471 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on March 30, 1998.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 30, 1998 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/471

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2574, 105th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2574

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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