To require the Secretary of State to submit a report on water sharing with Mexico.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1863.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VELA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2485):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 10 The Congress shall have Power . . . to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vestedi by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 23, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  300 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1863, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1863

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 23, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  32dbbf39308ca9a9d5abed97dc44e2db9c1b9d253d3c8b3cd5379aa8c77d8ae5

  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 January 23, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1863, last updated January 23, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.