To extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2024.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 712.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 712, a bill to extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act” on October 7, 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 7, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49454

  CBO publication date

  October 7, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 712, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/712

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1158037be492a0ec40282347a6344fa53b5f439e3efe3543ffb2f12ccebfb371

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-712 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 23, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 23, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/712

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 712, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/712

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1158037be492a0ec40282347a6344fa53b5f439e3efe3543ffb2f12ccebfb371

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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. FRELINGHUYSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H549):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 712, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/712

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1158037be492a0ec40282347a6344fa53b5f439e3efe3543ffb2f12ccebfb371

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

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