To amend the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act to extend and expand the scope of the pilot forest management project required by that Act.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3685.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3685, a bill to amend the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act to extend and expand the scope of the pilot forest management project required by that act.” on June 15, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 7, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 15, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43325

  CBO publication date

  June 15, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3685, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3685

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6838997517b744f69416812ca4081624fc57f462e652dac1a454e90066219521

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-524 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 15, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 15, 2012 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/524

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3685, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3685

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6838997517b744f69416812ca4081624fc57f462e652dac1a454e90066219521

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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. HERGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H9431):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  32 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3685, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3685

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6838997517b744f69416812ca4081624fc57f462e652dac1a454e90066219521

  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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