Water Rights Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3189.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3189, Water Rights Protection Act” on December 11, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 14, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 11, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44956

  CBO publication date

  December 11, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3189, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3189

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1079f2d31f66b1239e97562b84acdc9453f56d02b4deb2708bc844f93bb44530

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-372 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on March 5, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 5, 2014 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/372

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3189, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3189

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1079f2d31f66b1239e97562b84acdc9453f56d02b4deb2708bc844f93bb44530

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H7252-H7253):
  According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: H.R. 120: Ms. Edwards. H.R. 259: Mr. Kingston. H.R. 270: Mr. Ellison and Mr. Honda. H.R. 274: Mr. Keating. H.R. 351: Mr. McKeon. H.R. 543: Mr. Bishop of New York. H.R. 647: Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Collins of Georgia, and Ms. Jackson Lee. H.R. 669: Mrs. Christensen. H.R. 676: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 685: Mr. Vela, Mr. Messer, Mr. Duncan of…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  3,716 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3189, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3189

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1079f2d31f66b1239e97562b84acdc9453f56d02b4deb2708bc844f93bb44530

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