To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to amend the Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project to enable the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2273.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2273, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to amend the Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project to enable the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir” on February 26, 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, February 26, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51283

  CBO publication date

  February 26, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2273, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2273

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4702b4c228013f593967015f171baec477620ba8933e608d52aceaa5e155720d

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-450 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on March 14, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 14, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/450

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2273, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2273

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4702b4c228013f593967015f171baec477620ba8933e608d52aceaa5e155720d

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LUMMIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 72, May 12, 2015, Page H2878):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2273, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2273

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4702b4c228013f593967015f171baec477620ba8933e608d52aceaa5e155720d

  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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