To update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 835.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 835, a bill to update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument” on February 22, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 14, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 22, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53605

  CBO publication date

  February 22, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 835, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/835

  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: H. Rept. 115-580 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on February 26, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 26, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/580

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 835, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/835

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5ecead8ed7f49c46e0f99f4fa8e459521bf49f517cd250d0f26fb0e6295bb30c

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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. LAMBORN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 18, February 2, 2017, Page H946):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 835, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/835

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5ecead8ed7f49c46e0f99f4fa8e459521bf49f517cd250d0f26fb0e6295bb30c

  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. 835, 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.