Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5118.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5118, Continental Divide Trail Completion Act” on July 14, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 19, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 14, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58297

  CBO publication date

  July 14, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5118, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5118

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 5118, the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act” on July 28, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As Posted by the House Committee on Rules on July 22, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 28, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58349

  CBO publication date

  July 28, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5118, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5118

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-419 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 18, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 18, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/419

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5118, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5118

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e0a1f4b2cb0a2ac1e3311699b576be79c26c4700631e42173290dc962ee7cff

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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. NEGUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 151, August 27, 2021, Page H4494):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 27, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5118, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5118

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e0a1f4b2cb0a2ac1e3311699b576be79c26c4700631e42173290dc962ee7cff

  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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