Lake Thunderbird Efficient Use Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3263.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3263, the Lake Thunderbird Efficient Use Act of 2011” 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 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43087

  CBO publication date

  March 15, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3263, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3263

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  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. 112-442 ↗. 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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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/442

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3263, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3263

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  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. COLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7133):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 which grants Congress the power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with Indian Tribes. This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 which grants Congress the power to make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting . . . Property belonging to the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  461 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3263, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3263

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d308da36689d333b67f368f43c61545a265cf7ca97dbf78bcda4177874c5fda1

  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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