To authorize NASA to reimburse Chincoteague for drinking water well replacement costs, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8982.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 114, July 10, 2024, Pages H4588-H4589):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Authorizes NASA to reimburse Chincoteague for drinking water well replacement costs,
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  148 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8982, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8982

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 15, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  58d9456d6aec1d8532b39b6fbdaea09289031b32d8d255c1a22f2485ca7077fd

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

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 15, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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