Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 897.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 897, Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act” on February 7, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on December 8, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 7, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57828

  CBO publication date

  February 7, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 897, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/897

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1f86846f8b728ee2b04edc85fd2468f41eb77dd7a407a4a69903c0919677016c

• 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. 117-194 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 1, 2021.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/194

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 897, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/897

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1f86846f8b728ee2b04edc85fd2468f41eb77dd7a407a4a69903c0919677016c

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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. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 22, February 5, 2021, Page H470):
  Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  184 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 897, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/897

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1f86846f8b728ee2b04edc85fd2468f41eb77dd7a407a4a69903c0919677016c

  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. 897, last updated June 20, 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.