Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3905.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3905, Minnesota’s Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act” on November 21, 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, November 21, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53342

  CBO publication date

  November 21, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3905, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3905

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c3064cec33af243eb89e41ca8c6571baea050fde2a24639426d8063d9263cda0

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-422 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 21, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 21, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/422

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3905, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3905

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c3064cec33af243eb89e41ca8c6571baea050fde2a24639426d8063d9263cda0

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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. EMMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 157, October 2, 2017, Page H7671):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (the Property Clause), which confers on Congress the power to make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the property belonging to the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 2, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  188 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3905, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3905

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c3064cec33af243eb89e41ca8c6571baea050fde2a24639426d8063d9263cda0

  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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