Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 698.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 698, Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance Act of 2017” 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

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52612

  CBO publication date

  April 10, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 698, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/698

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 115-69 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on May 16, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 16, 2017 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/69

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 698, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/698

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0f5786a0264611a45212231fc623cd741de7b18b841d6560b1994963a7f82ba7

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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. TIPTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 13, January 24, 2017, Page H689):
  Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2: The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 24, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  325 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 698, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/698

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0f5786a0264611a45212231fc623cd741de7b18b841d6560b1994963a7f82ba7

  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. 698, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.