To increase the penalties to be imposed for a violation of fire regulations applicable to the public lands, National Park System lands, or National Forest System lands when the violation results in damage to public or private property, to specify the purpose for which collected fines may be used, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4912.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4912, A bill to increase the penalties to be imposed for a violation of fire regulations applicable to the public lands, National Park System lands, or National Forest System lands when the violation results in damage to public or . . .” on October 25, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 21, 2002</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 25, 2002 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14185

  CBO publication date

  October 25, 2002

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4912, 107th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4912

  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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• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4912, A bill to increase the penalties to be imposed for a violation of fire regulations applicable to the public lands, National Park System lands, or National Forest System lands when the violation results in damage to public or . . .” on October 25, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 21, 2002”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 25, 2002 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14185

  CBO publication date

  October 25, 2002

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4912, 107th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4912

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b4ab789e995bae5a6e7885d4799ab69e01e5da29b90e6530f9249f386a56251c

• 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: H. Rept. 107-763 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 21, 2002.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 21, 2002 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/763

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4912, 107th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4912

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b4ab789e995bae5a6e7885d4799ab69e01e5da29b90e6530f9249f386a56251c

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4912, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.