To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain Federal land to facilitate scientific research supporting Federal space and defense programs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1800.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1800, a bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain Federal land to facilitate scientific research supporting Federal space and defense programs” on December 6, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 8, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 6, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53368

  CBO publication date

  December 6, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1800, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1800

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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. 115-442 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 6, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 6, 2017 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/442

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1800, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1800

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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. BISHOP of Utah, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 56, March 30, 2017, Page H2599):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution provides Congress with the authority and responsibility to ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States,'' and to ``promote progress of Science.'' This measure will help ensure that public lands already in use for important scientific and defense-based research will remain available into the future to support those important public purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 30, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  418 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1800, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1800

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  da3053c174fccc61eea41529b28a5c4b8ac93f7072d3e79d4a62601701bdd054

  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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