Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Study Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5319.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5319, Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Study Act” on August 9, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on August 1, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 9, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43526

  CBO publication date

  August 9, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5319, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5319

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-658 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 10, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 10, 2012 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/658

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5319, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5319

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 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 Ms. TSONGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2288):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress), and Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States).
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  345 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5319, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5319

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f5be504c19fb66b1aa4737fecd0b104a2fe9263edd3657c0e0ee919ab4ae73cc

  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. 5319, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.