To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on the establishment of, and the potential land that could be included in, a unit of the National Forest System in the State of Hawaii, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 297.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 297, an act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on the establishment of, and the potential land that could be included in, a unit of the National Forest System in the State of Hawaii, and for other purposes” on February 15, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on January 19, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 15, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57854

  CBO publication date

  February 15, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 297, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/297

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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: S. Rept. 117-57 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on January 19, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 19, 2022 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/SRPT/57

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 297, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/297

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 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. CASE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 8, January 13, 2021, Page H194):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2021 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 297, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/297

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bca153f5a10d14e020f47c98baf027e42a275fa8a4ca8b015d547c72d4124dbc

  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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