To authorize the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest in California.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 241.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 241, A bill to authorize the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest in California” on July 27, 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, July 27, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41615

  CBO publication date

  July 27, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 241, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/241

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3aa79e6062e1df19100c1b851aeae00546d5918262d3112502935fa4f247bc9d

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-216 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 23, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 23, 2011 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/216

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 241, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/241

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3aa79e6062e1df19100c1b851aeae00546d5918262d3112502935fa4f247bc9d

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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. GALLEGLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H137):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress. Also this legislation can be enacted under the authority granted in Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2, relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  430 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 241, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/241

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3aa79e6062e1df19100c1b851aeae00546d5918262d3112502935fa4f247bc9d

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 241, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.