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. 404.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 404, a bill to authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska” on March 31, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 25, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 31, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50070

  CBO publication date

  March 31, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 404, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/404

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  47aec65c57f1ce58e6e76760d7a61d49425a91710380675be3ee572d378dd4cb

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-76 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 15, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 15, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/76

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 404, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/404

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  47aec65c57f1ce58e6e76760d7a61d49425a91710380675be3ee572d378dd4cb

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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 (Vol. 161, No. 8, January 16, 2015, Page H412):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  86 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 404, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/404

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  47aec65c57f1ce58e6e76760d7a61d49425a91710380675be3ee572d378dd4cb

  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. 404, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.