Bottled Water Quality Information Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4978.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. ELLMERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5818):
  The Commerce Clause: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power ``to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  206 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4978, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4978

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  16b860d2443d62e84ae8321e4fae2434bb7c8ab6566e1cbba1faea0caae1631c

  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 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4978, last updated August 12, 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.