FIR Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 200.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 200, Forest Information Reform Act” on August 15, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 17, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 15, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59493

  CBO publication date

  August 15, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 200, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/200

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  706f8d1b5f72aa2a726bcce12cc82db7cebe3a99892791fcc39839d8ec4ae737

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 200, Forest Information Reform Act” on August 15, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 17, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 15, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59493

  CBO publication date

  August 15, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 200, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/200

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  706f8d1b5f72aa2a726bcce12cc82db7cebe3a99892791fcc39839d8ec4ae737

• 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. 118-748 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 18, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/748

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 200, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/200

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  706f8d1b5f72aa2a726bcce12cc82db7cebe3a99892791fcc39839d8ec4ae737

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROSENDALE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H112):
  Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  44 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 200, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/200

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  706f8d1b5f72aa2a726bcce12cc82db7cebe3a99892791fcc39839d8ec4ae737

  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. 200, 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.