James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7776.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 7776, the Water Resources Development Act of 2022” on June 8, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As Posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules on June 6, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 8, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58193

  CBO publication date

  June 8, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7776, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7776

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  508a2c4c96fc97a1a46a0989e23dc1f08d05d0af47ca47ddc79d969f7d905dc1

• 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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-347 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 7, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 7, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/347

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7776, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7776

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  508a2c4c96fc97a1a46a0989e23dc1f08d05d0af47ca47ddc79d969f7d905dc1

  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 Mr. DeFAZIO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 83, May 16, 2022, Page H5009):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  76 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7776, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7776

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  508a2c4c96fc97a1a46a0989e23dc1f08d05d0af47ca47ddc79d969f7d905dc1

  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. 7776, last updated January 20, 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.