Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 687.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-167 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 22, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 22, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/167

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 687, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/687

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20af7ced45342424d43adc6e3166460cb214cc775a1be798a78c7ed032396b6a

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOSAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H547-H548):
  Article IV of the Constitution provides the authority of Congress over federal property as a general matter. Article IV, Sec. 3 refers to the managerial authority over property owned by the Federal Government, and provides in relevant part: 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; . . . By virtue of this enumerated power, Congress has governing authority over the lands, territories, or other property of the United States--and with this authority Congress is vested with the power accredited to all owners in fee, the power to sell, lease, dispose, exchange, transfer, trade,…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  3,612 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 687, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/687

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20af7ced45342424d43adc6e3166460cb214cc775a1be798a78c7ed032396b6a

  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’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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