To deauthorize the Salt Creek project in Graham, Texas.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5223.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEUGEBAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 76, May 13, 2016, Page H2386):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, under the General Welfare Clause
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  89 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5223, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5223

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c9f676edc4247725d01a8df7665ff83d6245966319ab674e84b4a4f136b68efd

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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