Protecting America’s Wilderness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2546.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2546, Colorado Wilderness Act of 2019” on January 29, 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 29, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56084

  CBO publication date

  January 29, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2546, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2546

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  38a9b901737d005216a5f354efac3c2ac558d78b599bfade205bfe70e78cbc73

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-387 ↗. 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/387

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2546, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2546

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  38a9b901737d005216a5f354efac3c2ac558d78b599bfade205bfe70e78cbc73

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DeGETTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 75, May 7, 2019, Page H3475):
  Article I, section 8 and Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  88 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2546, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2546

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  38a9b901737d005216a5f354efac3c2ac558d78b599bfade205bfe70e78cbc73

  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. 2546, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.