To facilitate a proposed project in the Lower St. Croix Wild and Scenic River, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 850.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 850, A bill to facilitate a proposed project in the Lower St. Croix Wild and Scenic River” on October 31, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 5, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 31, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42657

  CBO publication date

  October 31, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 850, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/850

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d21c72e37c479f5f461b94910ea74bfe3bcb8cdf678daf4109786f606693e7c0

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-309 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 1, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/309

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 850, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/850

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d21c72e37c479f5f461b94910ea74bfe3bcb8cdf678daf4109786f606693e7c0

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BACHMANN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1455):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 850, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/850

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d21c72e37c479f5f461b94910ea74bfe3bcb8cdf678daf4109786f606693e7c0

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

• Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.1134, which became Public Law 112-100 on 3/14/2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 850, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/850

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d21c72e37c479f5f461b94910ea74bfe3bcb8cdf678daf4109786f606693e7c0

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