Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1904.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1904, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011” on August 31, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 13, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 31, 2011 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42545

  CBO publication date

  August 31, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1904, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1904

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. 112-246 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 14, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 14, 2011 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/246

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1904, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1904

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. GOSAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H3302-H3303):
  This bill addresses federal transfer of federal land. Accordingly, we turn to the following constitutional authority: Article IV of the Constitution provides the authority of Congress over federal property as a general matter. Article IV, Sec. 3 refers to the managerial authority over property owned by the Federal Government, and provides in relevant part: 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; . . . By virtue of this enumerated power, Congress has governing authority over the lands, territories, or other property of the United States--and with this authority Congress…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  3,726 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1904, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1904

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a0b147b3c93a1ca6bed44ed1ffaea45aba16444eec6f7d3f3e27fbb0f1861b49

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