To eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by incorporating the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange County, California, into the California Coastal National Monument managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and meet the original Congressional intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 944.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 944, A bill to eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by incorporating the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange Co, CA, into the California Coastal National Monument managed by the Bureau of” on June 21, 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 21, 2011 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41538

  CBO publication date

  June 21, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 944, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/944

  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. 112-165 ↗. 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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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/165

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 944, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/944

  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. CAMPBELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1620):
  Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 944, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/944

  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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