Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 668.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. McCOLLUM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 20, January 31, 2023, Page H578):
  Pursuant to Article I Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill permanently withdraws over 234,000 acres of federal land and waters within the Rainy River Watershed adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from mineral leasing.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2023 ↗

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  281 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 668, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/668

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a238fb7338d6a03a37045b5d962a3f03ade736d3df2027acfff00559d8b76cc8

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 668, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.