To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to accept the quitclaim, disclaimer, and relinquishment of a railroad right of way within and adjacent to Pike National Forest in El Paso County, Colorado, originally granted to the Mt. Manitou Park and Incline Railway Company pursuant to the Act of March 3, 1875.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4073.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4073, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to accept the quitclaim, disclaimer, and relinquishment of a railroad right-of-way within and adjacent to Pike National Forest in El Paso County, Colorado, originally granted to the Mt. Manit” on June 22, 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 22, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43345

  CBO publication date

  June 22, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4073, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4073

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  586e1344826aca62fd47d04ca5e701a0191a09d83a118fcc6333ee73b3b79f2a

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-599 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 17, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 17, 2012 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/599

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4073, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4073

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  586e1344826aca62fd47d04ca5e701a0191a09d83a118fcc6333ee73b3b79f2a

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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. LAMBORN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H944):
  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 April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  197 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4073, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4073

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  586e1344826aca62fd47d04ca5e701a0191a09d83a118fcc6333ee73b3b79f2a

  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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