Washington, D.C. Admission Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 51.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 51, Washington, D.C. Admission Act” on April 16, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on April 14, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 16, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57136

  CBO publication date

  April 16, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 51, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/51

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c89069f5c4c12eb1c765e4d6ba148c3efea2fac9a674962a5301afa6945c1b97

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 117-19 ↗; H. Rept. 117-19,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 21, 2021.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 21, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/19
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/19

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 51, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/51

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c89069f5c4c12eb1c765e4d6ba148c3efea2fac9a674962a5301afa6945c1b97

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 2, January 4, 2021, Page H52):
  clause 1 of section 3 of article IV and clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 4, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  96 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 51, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/51

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c89069f5c4c12eb1c765e4d6ba148c3efea2fac9a674962a5301afa6945c1b97

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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