Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 825.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 825, Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2017” on September 19, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 26, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2017 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53118

  CBO publication date

  September 19, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 825, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/825

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  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: H. Rept. 115-321 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 21, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 21, 2017 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/321

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 825, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/825

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 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. 163, No. 18, February 2, 2017, Pages H945-H946):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2. (The Property Clause.) The Property Clause gives Congress the power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and states that nothing in the constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. Currently, the federal government possesses approximately 1.8 billion acres of land. The U.S. constitution specifically addresses the relationship of the federal government to land. The Property Clause gives Congress plenary power and full- authority over federal property. The U.S. Supreme Court has described Congress's…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  859 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 825, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/825

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ddb19854758c9c58148c659e5e449596539c01f6730e994e76eb7d9166ffa236

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