Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 502.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 502, Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act” on September 26, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 13, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54505

  CBO publication date

  September 26, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 502, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/502

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3549273519ca6713c964610456a34c388887bf486559e1ce2df767c1d47a3ab0

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-1091 ↗. 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/1091

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 502, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/502

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3549273519ca6713c964610456a34c388887bf486559e1ce2df767c1d47a3ab0

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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. GRIJALVA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 8, January 12, 2017, Page H473):
  U.S. Const. art. I,sec. 8, cl. 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indiantribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2017 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  133 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 502, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/502

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3549273519ca6713c964610456a34c388887bf486559e1ce2df767c1d47a3ab0

  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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