Proven Forest Management Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 179.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 179, Proven Forest Management Act” on January 5, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 23, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 5, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61992

  CBO publication date

  January 5, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 179, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/179

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6a04e7864ef14be85cf9a9e83ddcb1dce04cb29f41f3f7e8cf2dca1185272e52

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-430 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on January 8, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/430

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 179, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/179

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6a04e7864ef14be85cf9a9e83ddcb1dce04cb29f41f3f7e8cf2dca1185272e52

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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. McCLINTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H42):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (the Property Clause), The single subject of this legislation is: Forest Management throughout the National Forest System to ordinate better management.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  184 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 179, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/179

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6a04e7864ef14be85cf9a9e83ddcb1dce04cb29f41f3f7e8cf2dca1185272e52

  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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