To provide for the release of the reversionary interest held by the United States in certain land conveyed by the United States in 1950 for the establishment of an airport in Cook County, Minnesota.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2947.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2947, a bill to provide for the release of the reversionary interest held by the United States in certain land conveyed by the United States in 1950 for the establishment of an airport in Cook County, Minnesota” on March 15, 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, March 15, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43085

  CBO publication date

  March 15, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2947, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2947

  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. 112-441 ↗. 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/441

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2947, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2947

  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. CRAVAACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6232):
  Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  70 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2947, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2947

  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. 2947, 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.