To amend Public Law 106-206 to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2798.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2798, a bill to amend Public Law 106-206 to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer” on December 6, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 14, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 6, 2013 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44943

  CBO publication date

  December 6, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2798, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2798

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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. 113-335 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on January 29, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 29, 2014 ↗

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/335

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2798, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2798

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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. LATTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4979):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations and among the several States
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2798, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2798

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  03dc8795c81c8a162e3a971cfed038a97fdb2197048db4d74dccd3e21f1ad0e2

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