National Forest Small Tracts Act Amendments Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1214.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1214, National Forest Small Tracts Act Amendments Act of 2015” on May 29, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 30, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 29, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50248

  CBO publication date

  May 29, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1214, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1214

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  db6ab1019c8a10fb65c8f2259e881485d2192914bdeb6bd0a000757ee0607203

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-140 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 8, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 8, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/140

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1214, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1214

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  db6ab1019c8a10fb65c8f2259e881485d2192914bdeb6bd0a000757ee0607203

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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. AMODEI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 36, March 3, 2015, Page H1567):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  240 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1214, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1214

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  db6ab1019c8a10fb65c8f2259e881485d2192914bdeb6bd0a000757ee0607203

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1214, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.