To facilitate a land exchange involving certain National Forest System lands in the Inyo National Forest, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2157.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2157, a bill to facilitate a land exchange involving certain National Forest System lands in the Inyo National Forest, and for other purposes” on March 23, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resourceson February 29, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 23, 2012 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43130

  CBO publication date

  March 23, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2157, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2157

  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. 112-439 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 16, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 16, 2012 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/439

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2157, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2157

  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. McKEON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4075):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: 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.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

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  Statement length

  326 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2157, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2157

  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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  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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