Flatside Wilderness Enhancement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5636.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5636, Flatside Wilderness Enhancement Act” on October 17, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 26, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 17, 2018 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54595

  CBO publication date

  October 17, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5636, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5636

  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. 115-989 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 23, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 23, 2018 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/989

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5636, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5636

  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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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HILL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 68, April 26, 2018, Page H3707):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needfull rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 26, 2018 ↗

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  Statement length

  324 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5636, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5636

  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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