To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4275.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4275, a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, and for other purposes” on October 2, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 20, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 2, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55687

  CBO publication date

  October 2, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4275, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4275

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b4de157d59292c83b20285c4c4fcbd2ea0396d23958ad537ae96152d08c3a40f

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-291 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 14, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 14, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/291

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4275, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4275

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b4de157d59292c83b20285c4c4fcbd2ea0396d23958ad537ae96152d08c3a40f

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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. GRAVES of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 144, September 10, 2019, Page H7597):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  64 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4275, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4275

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b4de157d59292c83b20285c4c4fcbd2ea0396d23958ad537ae96152d08c3a40f

  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. 4275, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.