California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 857.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 857, California Off-Road Recreation and Conservation Act” on July 26, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 25, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 26, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54305

  CBO publication date

  July 26, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 857, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/857

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eacd96d3a15d58bc61b0d071deed35cd3863182fb3fc05b3fbfd83a3a09ac031

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 857, California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2018” on November 20, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on October 2, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 20, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54708

  CBO publication date

  November 20, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 857, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/857

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eacd96d3a15d58bc61b0d071deed35cd3863182fb3fc05b3fbfd83a3a09ac031

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 115-416 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on December 5, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 5, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/416

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 857, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/857

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eacd96d3a15d58bc61b0d071deed35cd3863182fb3fc05b3fbfd83a3a09ac031

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COOK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 19, February 3, 2017, Page H977):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 3, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 857, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/857

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eacd96d3a15d58bc61b0d071deed35cd3863182fb3fc05b3fbfd83a3a09ac031

  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. 857, 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.