Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3794.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3794, Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2019” on March 5, 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, March 5, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56235

  CBO publication date

  March 5, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3794, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3794

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  90f704886e35ee1f9ee24995bc7b89c9b0f7f19a4c073a28842393c870e2519d

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-677 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 18, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 18, 2020 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/677

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3794, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3794

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  90f704886e35ee1f9ee24995bc7b89c9b0f7f19a4c073a28842393c870e2519d

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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. GOSAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 120, July 17, 2019, Page H6000):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2. (The Property Clause.) The Property Clause gives Congress the power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and states that nothing in the constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. The U.S. constitution specifically addresses the relationship of the federal government to land. The Property Clause gives Congress plenary power and full- authority over federal property. The U.S. Supreme Court has described Congress's power to legislate under this Clause as ``without limitation.'' This Act falls…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2019 ↗

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  Statement length

  846 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3794, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3794

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  90f704886e35ee1f9ee24995bc7b89c9b0f7f19a4c073a28842393c870e2519d

  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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