A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide for circumstances under which reinitiation of consultation is not required under a land and resource management plan or land use plan under those Acts, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1540.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1540, a bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide for circumstances under which reinitiation of consultation is not required under a land and resource management plan or land use plan under those Acts, and for other purposes” on August 15, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 25, 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/59494

  CBO publication date

  August 15, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  S. 1540, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/1540

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8b3aff4cdf4e68b88d66424d19e35acecaa71e5fcdfe7073e27471056259fd56

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1540, a bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide for circumstances under which reinitiation of consultation is not required under a land and resource management plan or land use plan under those Acts, and for other purposes” on August 15, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 25, 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/59494

  CBO publication date

  August 15, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  S. 1540, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/1540

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8b3aff4cdf4e68b88d66424d19e35acecaa71e5fcdfe7073e27471056259fd56

• 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: S. Rept. 118-77 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on July 25, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 25, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/77

  Congress.gov bill record

  S. 1540, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/1540

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8b3aff4cdf4e68b88d66424d19e35acecaa71e5fcdfe7073e27471056259fd56

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