MERICA Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3872.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3872, an act to amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to make that act applicable to hardrock minerals” on September 2, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 10, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 2, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62747

  CBO publication date

  September 2, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3872, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3872

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c1a92f2edeace7018be264f98b0f27caba3e31c6daed45039c55b0036316a843

• 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: H. Rept. 119-357 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 17, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/357

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3872, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3872

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c1a92f2edeace7018be264f98b0f27caba3e31c6daed45039c55b0036316a843

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FALLON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 99, June 10, 2025, Page H2615):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 10, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3872, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3872

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c1a92f2edeace7018be264f98b0f27caba3e31c6daed45039c55b0036316a843

  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. 3872, last updated October 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.