Swanson and Hugh Butler Reservoirs Land Conveyances Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8413.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8413, Swanson and Hugh Butler Reservoirs Land Conveyances Act” on December 5, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 14, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 5, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61064

  CBO publication date

  December 5, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8413, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8413

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 23, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-735 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 14, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 14, 2024 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/735

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8413, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8413

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 23, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 84, May 15, 2024, Page H3274):
  Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 The single subject of this legislation is: The bill would begin transfer of the Bureau of Reclamation Swanson Reservoir land to Hitchcock county and the Bureau of Reclamation Red Willow Reservoir land to Frontier County.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2024 ↗

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  Statement length

  252 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8413, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8413

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 23, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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