To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1740.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1740, A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic River System” on October 31, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on Octoaber 5, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 31, 2011 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42699

  CBO publication date

  October 31, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1740, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1740

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-320 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 8, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 8, 2011 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/320

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1740, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1740

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. LARSEN of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3109):
  Under Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution, ``the House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States.'' As described in Article 1, Section 1 ``all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress.'' I was elected in 2010 to serve in the 112th Congress as certified by the Secretary of State of Washington state. Article III, Section 2 states that the Supreme Court has ``the judicial power'' that ``shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the United States.'' Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution provides that the Supreme Court is the supreme law of the land…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

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  1,227 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1740, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1740

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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