Bureau of Land Management Foundation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3844.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3844, Bureau of Land Management Foundation Act” on June 30, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 15, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 30, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51749

  CBO publication date

  June 30, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3844, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3844

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7791a41ee468607a52278dbc4d49c0596738fbdcb9685c5dd62a7a1b57abdc0a

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-651 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 1, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 1, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/651

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3844, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3844

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7791a41ee468607a52278dbc4d49c0596738fbdcb9685c5dd62a7a1b57abdc0a

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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. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 159, October 28, 2015, Page H7332):
  Article IV, section 3, clause 2 and Article I, section 8, clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 28, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  67 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3844, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3844

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7791a41ee468607a52278dbc4d49c0596738fbdcb9685c5dd62a7a1b57abdc0a

  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. 3844, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.