Fort Ontario Study Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4202.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4202, Fort Ontario Study Act” on June 30, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 15, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 30, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51757

  CBO publication date

  June 30, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4202, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4202

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f34a4b6c507bb2efd23a63cc2d93b644d9211d0a996ff882a101742936e432c8

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-688 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 14, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 14, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/688

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4202, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4202

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f34a4b6c507bb2efd23a63cc2d93b644d9211d0a996ff882a101742936e432c8

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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. KATKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 178, December 9, 2015, Page H9206):
  Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution: The Congress shall have the Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or any particular State.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 9, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  351 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4202, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4202

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f34a4b6c507bb2efd23a63cc2d93b644d9211d0a996ff882a101742936e432c8

  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. 4202, 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.