To allow certain property in the town of Louisa, Virginia, to be used for purposes related to compliance with water quality standards, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5032.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5032, a bill to allow certain property in the town of Louisa, Virginia, to be used for purposes related to compliance with water quality standards, and for other purposes” on September 15, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 8, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51997

  CBO publication date

  September 15, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5032, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5032

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  68681d4c042bfd55b6fbb6f541be7da49002a2b4a836041fe997be5f4e210856

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-829 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 16, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 16, 2016 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/829

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5032, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5032

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  68681d4c042bfd55b6fbb6f541be7da49002a2b4a836041fe997be5f4e210856

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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. BRAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 62, April 21, 2016, Page H1924):
  Congress purports to have power to establish the underlying program as a ``necessary and proper'' (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18) power for exercising a wide variety of spending programs under the ``Power . . . to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States'' (Article I, Section 8, Clause 1). If Congress has such a power, it may subsequently grant such exceptions as it also considers ``necessary and proper.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 21, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  435 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5032, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5032

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  68681d4c042bfd55b6fbb6f541be7da49002a2b4a836041fe997be5f4e210856

  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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