Cottonwood Land Exchange Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6146.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6146, Cottonwood Land Exchange Act of 2018” on August 8, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 18, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 8, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54353

  CBO publication date

  August 8, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6146, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6146

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. 115-895 ↗. 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/895

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6146, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6146

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. GOSAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 102, June 19, 2018, Page H5285):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (the Property Clause). Under this clause, Congress has the power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States. By virtue of this enumerated power, Congress has governing authority over the lands, territories, or other property of the United States- and with this authority Congress is vested with the power to all owners in fee, the ability to sell, lease, dispose, exchange, convey, or simply preserve land. The Supreme Court has described this enumerated grant as one ``without limitation'' Kleppe v New Mexico, 426 U.S. 529, 542-543 (1976) (``And while the furthest reaches of…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 19, 2018 ↗

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  Statement length

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6146, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6146

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8bbbe6a083935f429b541c03d5b2225872f682f8e9cb826820b20113d29a6d82

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