To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4283.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4283, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes” on July 9, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 19, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 9, 2014 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45517

  CBO publication date

  July 9, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4283, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4283

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. 113-533 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 17, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 17, 2014 ↗

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/533

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4283, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4283

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. SIMPSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2566):
  ``The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to the power of Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United States) and clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress), and Article IV, section 3, clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States).'' ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4283, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4283

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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