Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1225.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1225, Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act” on September 30, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 26, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 30, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55669

  CBO publication date

  September 30, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1225, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1225

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-250 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 22, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 22, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/250

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1225, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1225

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 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. BISHOP of Utah, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 29, February 14, 2019, Page H2033):
  Article IV, section 3, clause 2
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2019 ↗

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  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1225, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1225

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1225, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.