To repeal the reservation of mineral rights made by the United States when certain lands in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, were conveyed by Public Law 102-562.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 542.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 542, A bill to repeal the reservation of mineral rights made by the United States when certain lands in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, were conveyed by Public Law 102-562” on October 3, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 1, 2003</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2003 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14808

  CBO publication date

  October 3, 2003

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 542, 108th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/542

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  acd71de1794123c15195a369c5018fa51776608ceaf5e3c0aafe8a03218081b7

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 542, A bill to repeal the reservation of mineral rights made by the United States when certain lands in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, were conveyed by Public Law 102-562” on October 3, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 1, 2003”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2003 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14808

  CBO publication date

  October 3, 2003

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 542, 108th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/542

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  acd71de1794123c15195a369c5018fa51776608ceaf5e3c0aafe8a03218081b7

• 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. 108-297 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 7, 2003.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 7, 2003 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/297

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 542, 108th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/542

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  acd71de1794123c15195a369c5018fa51776608ceaf5e3c0aafe8a03218081b7

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 542, last updated September 8, 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.