Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2642.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2642, Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act” on February 4, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on December 5, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 4, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56106

  CBO publication date

  February 4, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2642, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2642

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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. 116-388 ↗. 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/388

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2642, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2642

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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. KILMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 77, May 9, 2019, Page H3681):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States); Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress); and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress 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 May 9, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  446 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2642, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2642

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0b800b2f9d46c93ad580b7fc1deae110644e9dd0f2ad07c03205ec3934daf356

  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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