To amend certain definitions contained in the Provo River Project Transfer Act for purposes of clarifying certain property descriptions, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 255.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 255, a bill to amend certain definitions contained in the Provo River Project Transfer Act for purposes of clarifying certain property descriptions” on August 27, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 31, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 27, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44527

  CBO publication date

  August 27, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 255, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/255

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-200 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 10, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 10, 2013 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/200

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 255, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/255

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 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. CHAFFETZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H171):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 2
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 255, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/255

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ca2456a0b3126da2e2a35e440e75ab84f61ac50be9b9b13b155b0f132873d969

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