Bolts Ditch Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4297.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4297, Bolts Ditch Act” on July 12, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 6, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 12, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60522

  CBO publication date

  July 12, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4297, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4297

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  49a6a9da9a365eb349f5f70abbed5874e0cf8223b564bba14e8a6c915c110fbf

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-719 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 25, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 25, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/719

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4297, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4297

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  49a6a9da9a365eb349f5f70abbed5874e0cf8223b564bba14e8a6c915c110fbf

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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. 169, No. 109, June 22, 2023, Page H3111):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Amend access for the Bolts Ditch and Bolts Ditch Headgate in Colorado.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 22, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  134 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4297, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4297

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  49a6a9da9a365eb349f5f70abbed5874e0cf8223b564bba14e8a6c915c110fbf

  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. 4297, last updated December 6, 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.