To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on lands that could be included in a National Forest in Hawai'i, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7045.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7045, a bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on lands that could be included in a National Forest in Hawai’i, and for other purposes” on November 9, 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, November 9, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56752

  CBO publication date

  November 9, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7045, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7045

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f7e4d5e878191095e186d3d25bc42655ea140e8107c66a87cb88bcf54715eb58

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-600 ↗. 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/600

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7045, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7045

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f7e4d5e878191095e186d3d25bc42655ea140e8107c66a87cb88bcf54715eb58

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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. CASE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 100, May 28, 2020, Page H2359):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 28, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7045, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7045

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f7e4d5e878191095e186d3d25bc42655ea140e8107c66a87cb88bcf54715eb58

  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. 7045, 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.