To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1482.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1482, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes” on July 17, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 11, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 17, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54199

  CBO publication date

  July 17, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1482, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1482

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-833 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 17, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 17, 2018 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/833

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1482, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1482

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 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. SIMPSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 41, March 9, 2017, Page H2020):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to the power of Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United States) and clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress), and Article IV, section 3, clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress 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 9, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  579 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1482, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1482

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  338c919e697b8ad0736b9a6f6a78917ff6468b3d91542e9ebdd063ba9f1fed71

  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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