Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1138.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1138, Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act” on July 24, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 9, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50424

  CBO publication date

  July 24, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1138, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1138

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  647fac324d9f7f533c3922939eef0891fab46587587c8ec4fdb63a0e3becb4f7

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-229 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 27, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 27, 2015 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/229

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1138, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1138

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  647fac324d9f7f533c3922939eef0891fab46587587c8ec4fdb63a0e3becb4f7

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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 (Vol. 161, No. 33, February 26, 2015, Page H1372):
  ``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 providing 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, Congressional Record February 26, 2015 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  560 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1138, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1138

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  647fac324d9f7f533c3922939eef0891fab46587587c8ec4fdb63a0e3becb4f7

  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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