To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4562.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4562, a bill to authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the state of Nebraska” on July 14, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 19, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 14, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45529

  CBO publication date

  July 14, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4562, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4562

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  03192dcba0c50cad7dff85336dbc01ea5542d72ade9bba0672ab2890bb5070dd

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-536 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 17, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 17, 2014 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/536

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4562, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4562

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  03192dcba0c50cad7dff85336dbc01ea5542d72ade9bba0672ab2890bb5070dd

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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. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3409):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

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  87 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4562, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4562

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  03192dcba0c50cad7dff85336dbc01ea5542d72ade9bba0672ab2890bb5070dd

  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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