To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to amend the Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project to enable the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 648.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 648, an act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to amend the Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project to enable the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir” on March 15, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 8, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53655

  CBO publication date

  March 15, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 648, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/648

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c75f78d579c809aa84346567c9f55abb4c57dbdd5c1516ffab7f06e59495f874

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 115-235 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on April 25, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 25, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/235

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 648, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/648

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c75f78d579c809aa84346567c9f55abb4c57dbdd5c1516ffab7f06e59495f874

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CHENEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 13, January 24, 2017, Page H688):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 24, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 648, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/648

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c75f78d579c809aa84346567c9f55abb4c57dbdd5c1516ffab7f06e59495f874

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