To amend the Mesquite Lands Act of 1986 to facilitate implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan for the Virgin River in Clark County, Nevada.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2745.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2745, a bill to amend the Mesquite Lands Act of 1986 to facilitate implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan for the Virgin River in Clark County, Nevada” on April 23, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 29, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 23, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43183

  CBO publication date

  April 23, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2745, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2745

  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. 112-474 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 10, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 10, 2012 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/474

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2745, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2745

  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. HECK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5886):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

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  Statement length

  102 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2745, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2745

  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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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2745, 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.