CONVEY Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2997.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2997, CONVEY Act” on October 10, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 26, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 10, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59649

  CBO publication date

  October 10, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2997, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2997

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  72b4263e61f8243c3a797d933d8aadcf3c8145c13d0357910968e89aae4f7033

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-370 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on January 30, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 30, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/370

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2997, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2997

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  72b4263e61f8243c3a797d933d8aadcf3c8145c13d0357910968e89aae4f7033

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BOEBERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 72, April 28, 2023, Page H2119):
  The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; The single subject of this legislation is: Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey 31.1 acres, slated for disposal and that the federal government no longer wants, to Mesa County, Colorado
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  458 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2997, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2997

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  72b4263e61f8243c3a797d933d8aadcf3c8145c13d0357910968e89aae4f7033

  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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