NWR Modernization Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5324.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5324, NWR Modernization Act of 2021” on May 5, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on November 16, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 5, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58084

  CBO publication date

  May 5, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5324, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5324

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb61e4fd5a8dcc68160c970244fb361c62bf038fcb4051ad2b68acfed37f5f8f

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-308 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on May 6, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 6, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/308

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5324, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5324

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb61e4fd5a8dcc68160c970244fb361c62bf038fcb4051ad2b68acfed37f5f8f

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 164, September 22, 2021, Page H5091):
  Article I, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 22, 2021 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  21 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5324, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5324

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb61e4fd5a8dcc68160c970244fb361c62bf038fcb4051ad2b68acfed37f5f8f

  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. 5324, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.