Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1965.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1965, Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act” on November 13, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 24, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 13, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44732

  CBO publication date

  November 13, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1965, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1965

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  197ed59fc064c9dbf327b8f722ab27c94b3fe48f0ef212431c8e6bd2dc79e7a4

• 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. 113-262 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 13, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 13, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/262

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1965, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1965

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  197ed59fc064c9dbf327b8f722ab27c94b3fe48f0ef212431c8e6bd2dc79e7a4

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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 H2603):
  Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  42 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1965, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1965

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  197ed59fc064c9dbf327b8f722ab27c94b3fe48f0ef212431c8e6bd2dc79e7a4

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1965, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.