Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4924.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4924, Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2014” on December 5, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on December 1, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 5, 2014 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49831

  CBO publication date

  December 5, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4924, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4924

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-638 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 1, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2014 ↗

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/638

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4924, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4924

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

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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. GOSAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5598):
  This legislation is constitutionally appropriate pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Commerce Clause) which grants Congress the power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among several states and with the Indian Tribes; Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 (the Treaty Clause) which gives the President the Power to make Treaties; Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (the Property Clause) which gives Congress the Power to make all Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States. The Supreme Court, in Winters v. United States (1901), reasoned that an Indian Tribe's water rights are established when the reservation is created,…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 10, 2025 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4924, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4924

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

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