Montana Mineral Conveyance Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1158.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1158, Montana Mineral Conveyance Act” on September 22, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 20, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42585

  CBO publication date

  September 22, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1158, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1158

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e351046984f48b34b5cacc4d750ef4ed8a09af0f62b2bb618a31f8108b0a1b6

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-299 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 1, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/299

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1158, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1158

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e351046984f48b34b5cacc4d750ef4ed8a09af0f62b2bb618a31f8108b0a1b6

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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. REHBERG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1986):
  Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution: ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.'' The specific Constitutional Authority cited here is not intended and should not be construed to be exclusive of any other general or specific Constitutional Authority that is otherwise applicable.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  551 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1158, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1158

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e351046984f48b34b5cacc4d750ef4ed8a09af0f62b2bb618a31f8108b0a1b6

  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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