Public Lands Telecommunications Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2425.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2425, Public Lands Telecommunications Act” on August 16, 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, August 16, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53024

  CBO publication date

  August 16, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2425, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2425

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9d1c221f2050c3de4a1430963527ae0c66edb14041240a61c0a344422441d905

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-1086 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 20, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 20, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1086

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2425, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2425

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9d1c221f2050c3de4a1430963527ae0c66edb14041240a61c0a344422441d905

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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. HUFFMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 84, May 16, 2017, Page H4223):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or office thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  263 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2425, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2425

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9d1c221f2050c3de4a1430963527ae0c66edb14041240a61c0a344422441d905

  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. 2425, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.