To authorize the expansion of an existing hydroelectric project, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 220.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 220, a bill to authorize the expansion of an existing hydroelectric project, and for other purposes” on May 8, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 27, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 8, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52698

  CBO publication date

  May 8, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 220, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/220

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-154 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 2, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 2, 2017 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/154

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 220, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/220

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. YOUNG of Alaska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H53):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause I. & Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  456 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 220, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/220

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e21e3ba1ea34626e4ae8853606e5793c6a5011f86742f8e5241be4aca0b083a5

  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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