Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5049.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5049, Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act of 2014” on October 3, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 18, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49445

  CBO publication date

  October 3, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5049, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5049

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  992e62665e4594d440dc028ae0b3d5edea6920a25b0e7b1a75648c00ed44712a

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-639 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 1, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/639

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5049, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5049

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  992e62665e4594d440dc028ae0b3d5edea6920a25b0e7b1a75648c00ed44712a

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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 H6035):
  Article I, Section 8, which grants Congress the power to regulate Commerce with the Indian Tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 9, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  98 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5049, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5049

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  992e62665e4594d440dc028ae0b3d5edea6920a25b0e7b1a75648c00ed44712a

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

• Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.2040, which became Public Law 113-232 on 12/16/2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 9, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5049, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5049

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  992e62665e4594d440dc028ae0b3d5edea6920a25b0e7b1a75648c00ed44712a

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