Land Grant-Mercedes Traditional Use Recognition and Consultation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3682.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3682, Land Grant-Mercedes Traditional Use Recognition and Consultation Act” on October 20, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 29, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 20, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56693

  CBO publication date

  October 20, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3682, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3682

  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. 116-602 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 19, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 19, 2020 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/602

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3682, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3682

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  35d2d141e5c275d70cbe52b5e047fe9bea485303cbef68241e7598ddcccd1305

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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. LUJAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 115, July 10, 2019, Page H5585):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2019 ↗

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  Statement length

  134 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3682, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3682

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  35d2d141e5c275d70cbe52b5e047fe9bea485303cbef68241e7598ddcccd1305

  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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