To authorize, direct, facilitate, and expedite the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal land, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1397.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1397, a bill to authorize, direct, facilitate, and expedite the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal land, and for other purposes” on July 11, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 27, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52885

  CBO publication date

  July 11, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1397, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1397

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  66b5fafa8c8af47a883474bdf8075f3855f1a4d666fee2f589b65b0bb3c60977

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1397, an act to authorize, direct, facilitate, and expedite the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal land, and for other purposes” on March 22, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 8, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 22, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53680

  CBO publication date

  March 22, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1397, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1397

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  66b5fafa8c8af47a883474bdf8075f3855f1a4d666fee2f589b65b0bb3c60977

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 115-257 ↗; H. Rept. 115-206 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 24, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/257
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/206

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1397, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1397

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  66b5fafa8c8af47a883474bdf8075f3855f1a4d666fee2f589b65b0bb3c60977

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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. COMSTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 39, March 7, 2017, Page H1594):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States provides that ``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 . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  257 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1397, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1397

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  66b5fafa8c8af47a883474bdf8075f3855f1a4d666fee2f589b65b0bb3c60977

  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. 1397, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.