To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to clarify the role of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma with regard to the maintenance of the W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam in Oklahoma.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1421.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1421, A bill to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to clarify the role of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma with regard to the maintenance of the W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam in Oklahoma” on August 10, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 20, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 10, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41149

  CBO publication date

  August 10, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1421, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1421

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ac8286fbc4b615bc4d4a4649ec1861056d675e0003b45d2868fbe8d366e0fab

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-221 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 23, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 23, 2011 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/221

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1421, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1421

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ac8286fbc4b615bc4d4a4649ec1861056d675e0003b45d2868fbe8d366e0fab

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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. BOREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2535):
  Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  156 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1421, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1421

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ac8286fbc4b615bc4d4a4649ec1861056d675e0003b45d2868fbe8d366e0fab

  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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