To amend the San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to clarify certain settlement terms, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1296.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1296, a bill to amend the San Luis Rey Water Rights Settlement Act to clarify certain settlement terms, and for other purposes” on March 24, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 3, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 24, 2016 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51416

  CBO publication date

  March 24, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1296, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1296

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-747 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 15, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2016 ↗

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/747

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1296, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1296

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6a3cbdce4f2bce827377785d8e9a3bd62876b67ad28c91f59d9a4030f670b15e

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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. HUNTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 37, March 4, 2015, Page H1616):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which provides Congress with the power to regulate commerce and relations between the United States and Native American Tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2015 ↗

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  Statement length

  183 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1296, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1296

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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  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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