Yellowstone and Grand Teton Paddling Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 974.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 974, Yellowstone and Grand Teton Paddling Act” on November 16, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 8, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51014

  CBO publication date

  November 16, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 974, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/974

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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. 114-373 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 8, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 8, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/373

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 974, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/974

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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 Mrs. LUMMIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 25, February 13, 2015, Page H1070):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: ``The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2015 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  330 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 974, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/974

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a27c6df385edf981e962c67075dc63cf8b62f82eed52a1c246599824def3b90b

  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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