Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 723.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 723, Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Protection Act” on May 15, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 24, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 15, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44182

  CBO publication date

  May 15, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 723, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/723

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  223a53343ef7aca06b782c68345878596c016924680f9671beb4895a45c69c3d

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-73 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 17, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 17, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/73

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 723, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/723

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  223a53343ef7aca06b782c68345878596c016924680f9671beb4895a45c69c3d

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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. LANGEVIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H549):
  Article I, section 8, Clause 1 and Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United States grant Congress the authority to enact this bill.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  146 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 723, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/723

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  223a53343ef7aca06b782c68345878596c016924680f9671beb4895a45c69c3d

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 723, last updated April 7, 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.