Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4579.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4579, Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act” on May 18, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 16, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 18, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51595

  CBO publication date

  May 18, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4579, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4579

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-857 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 8, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 8, 2016 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/857

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4579, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4579

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. STEWART, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 26, February 12, 2016, Page H818):
  Article 1, Section 8 ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2016 ↗

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  Statement length

  41 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4579, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4579

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4579, last updated December 10, 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.