Bolts Ditch Access and Use Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 689.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 689, Bolts Ditch Access and Use Act” on April 10, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 30, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 10, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52623

  CBO publication date

  April 10, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 689, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/689

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3f398d81ac508a9fd1935615337f85b504965c547abbb225d07e4a975d7e11e8

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 115-58 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on May 9, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 9, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/58

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 689, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/689

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3f398d81ac508a9fd1935615337f85b504965c547abbb225d07e4a975d7e11e8

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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. POLIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 13, January 24, 2017, Page H689):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the power of Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress). Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting territory or other property belonging to the United States).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  442 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 689, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/689

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3f398d81ac508a9fd1935615337f85b504965c547abbb225d07e4a975d7e11e8

  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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