To modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in the State of New Mexico, to transfer certain Bureau of Land Management land for inclusion in the national forest, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 491.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 491, a bill to modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in the State of New Mexico, to transfer certain Bureau of Land Management land for inclusion in the national forest, and for other purposes” on March 19, 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 19, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43105

  CBO publication date

  March 19, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 491, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/491

  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. 112-435 ↗. 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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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/435

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 491, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/491

  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. HEINRICH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H512):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

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  138 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 491, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/491

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ed2cd1282c0a1cf312c86ea767977375743f831599882c7fc6863d26b2f7c4bd

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