Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan Expansion Act, Washington County, Utah

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5597.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5597, Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan Expansion Act, Washington County, Utah” on July 11, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 6, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2018 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54170

  CBO publication date

  July 11, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5597, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5597

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-896 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on August 10, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 10, 2018 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/896

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5597, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5597

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1aab6e403a8e890569d8d143b49413b75ed313c374e5b6c2fed920a106da720a

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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. STEWART, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 66, April 24, 2018, Page H3506):
  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 April 24, 2018 ↗

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  Statement length

  198 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5597, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5597

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1aab6e403a8e890569d8d143b49413b75ed313c374e5b6c2fed920a106da720a

  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. 5597, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.