Proven Forest Management Act of 2022

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 188.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 188, Proven Forest Management Act of 2023” on February 5, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 13, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 5, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59940

  CBO publication date

  February 5, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 188, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/188

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  02434c6395abf1c51ae151664c91bc2d4cbd6b48c4acfaa5b8aee3a3eb656348

• 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. 118-926 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 19, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 19, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/926

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 188, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/188

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  02434c6395abf1c51ae151664c91bc2d4cbd6b48c4acfaa5b8aee3a3eb656348

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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. McCLINTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H112):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (the Property Clause), which confers on Congress the power to make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the property belonging to the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  188 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 188, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/188

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  02434c6395abf1c51ae151664c91bc2d4cbd6b48c4acfaa5b8aee3a3eb656348

  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. 188, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.