To clarify the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the C.C. Cragin Dam and Reservoir, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 489.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 489, A bill to clarify the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the C.C. Cragin Dam and Reservoir” on June 24, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 15, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2011 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41536

  CBO publication date

  June 24, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 489, 112th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/489

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-160 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 20, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 20, 2011 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 489, 112th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/489

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

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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. GOSAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H512):
  Article I, Sec. 8, to exercise exclusive legislation over federal lands in addition to the Congressional power to control obstructions to navigable waters, including dams, and the historical doctrine recognizing that the States possess dominion over the beds of all navigable streams within their borders, and the servitude that Congress' power to regulate commerce imposes upon such streams. United States v. Chandler-Dunbar Co., 229 U.S. 53, 73 (U.S. 1913) (recognizing Congressional authority over dams obstructing navigable waters and the re-sale of hydroelectric water power). See also Arizona v. California, 283 U.S. 423 (U.S. 1931) (Court deferred to Congress for establishment of the Boulder…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 489, 112th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/489

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

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  September 25, 2026

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