Fort Ontario Study Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 46.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 46, Fort Ontario Study Act” on April 10, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 30, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 10, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52614

  CBO publication date

  April 10, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 46, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/46

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  13c2a1bdca520e7464621eaf3b4f0dedfb8b15489baa4b8d1f24d44733a51b34

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 115-110 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on June 14, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 14, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/110

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 46, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/46

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. KATKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H47):
  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 January 3, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  351 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 46, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/46

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  13c2a1bdca520e7464621eaf3b4f0dedfb8b15489baa4b8d1f24d44733a51b34

  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. 46, 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.