Big Bear Land Exchange Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 255.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 255, Big Bear Land Exchange Act” on May 8, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 1, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 8, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55220

  CBO publication date

  May 8, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 255, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/255

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. 116-134 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 27, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 27, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/134

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 255, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/255

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. COOK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 2, January 4, 2019, Page H229):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 4, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 255, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/255

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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