Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1708.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1708, Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act” on January 23, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 20, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 23, 2020 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56062

  CBO publication date

  January 23, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1708, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1708

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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. 116-386 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on February 4, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 4, 2020 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/386

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1708, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1708

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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. SCHIFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 45, March 13, 2019, Page H2717):
  Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act is constitutionally authorized under and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Additionally, the Preamble to the Constitution provides support of the authority to enact legislation to promote the General Welfare.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 13, 2019 ↗

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  Statement length

  284 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1708, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1708

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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