To remove the use restrictions on certain land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 954.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 954, a bill to remove the use restrictions on certain land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, and for other purposes” on July 6, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 27, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 6, 2017 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52865

  CBO publication date

  July 6, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 954, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/954

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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. 115-203 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 11, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 11, 2017 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/203

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 954, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/954

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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. GOODLATTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 21, February 7, 2017, Page H1086):
  The Property Clause of Article IV, Section 3--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.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2017 ↗

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  207 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 954, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/954

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3c3af404a02fd2f79b15a78e1d8d86349f4170f55cfa871628717bb71374ecba

  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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