To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4689.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4689, a bill to authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska” on May 24, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 8, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 24, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53891

  CBO publication date

  May 24, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4689, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4689

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fe156f839bc80ec3de1f8f52f09e7c6b8eb1f1da40fb36a44ce94206e7243647

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-700 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 22, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 22, 2018 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/700

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4689, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4689

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fe156f839bc80ec3de1f8f52f09e7c6b8eb1f1da40fb36a44ce94206e7243647

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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. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 207, December 19, 2017, Page H10246):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 19, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  52 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4689, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4689

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fe156f839bc80ec3de1f8f52f09e7c6b8eb1f1da40fb36a44ce94206e7243647

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