Gilt Edge Mine Conveyance Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1638.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1638, Gilt Edge Mine Conveyance Act” on April 28, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 6, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 28, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58058

  CBO publication date

  April 28, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1638, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1638

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-502 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 28, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 28, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/502

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1638, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1638

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8ddd73dd4802db0e33391828c7802686b21fdb236b362ae2446563a0f70c5e0c

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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. JOHNSON of South Dakota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 43, March 8, 2021, Page H1121):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: ``The Congress shall have power 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 March 8, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  198 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1638, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1638

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8ddd73dd4802db0e33391828c7802686b21fdb236b362ae2446563a0f70c5e0c

  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. 1638, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.