Mescalero Apache Tribe Leasing Authorization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1461.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1461, Mescalero Apache Tribe Leasing Authorization Act” on October 31, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 5, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 31, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42698

  CBO publication date

  October 31, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1461, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1461

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2f729973fd70b1ed20dcb07b550e24a78c81461ff3fd1af079adbe2b7abb9890

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-307 ↗. 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 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/307

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1461, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1461

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2f729973fd70b1ed20dcb07b550e24a78c81461ff3fd1af079adbe2b7abb9890

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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. PEARCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2571):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States grants Congress the power to enact this law.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  116 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1461, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1461

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2f729973fd70b1ed20dcb07b550e24a78c81461ff3fd1af079adbe2b7abb9890

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1461, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.