To provide for operations of the Federal Columbia River Power System pursuant to a certain operation plan for a specified period of time, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3144.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3144, a bill to provide for the operations of the Federal Columbia River Power System pursuant to a certain operation plan for a specified period of time, and for other purposes” on April 18, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee Natural Resources on April 11, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 18, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53773

  CBO publication date

  April 18, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3144, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3144

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  61d3f16fbe3a6da2d6ef10ddd68e929ed67c7636b9bd2fd2f07e27cf41fc97b3

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-643 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 18, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 18, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/643

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3144, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3144

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  61d3f16fbe3a6da2d6ef10ddd68e929ed67c7636b9bd2fd2f07e27cf41fc97b3

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 112, June 29, 2017, Page H5378):
  The Constitutional authority in which this bill rests is the power of the Congress to regulate Commerce as enumerated by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 as applied to waterways for the development of hydroelectric power and flood control.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 29, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  237 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3144, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3144

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  61d3f16fbe3a6da2d6ef10ddd68e929ed67c7636b9bd2fd2f07e27cf41fc97b3

  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. 3144, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.