Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the definition of "waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 59.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 104, July 7, 2015, Page H4862):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 3 (related to regulation of commerce among the several states.) ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 7, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  160 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 59, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hjres/59

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6a565bfcb619a0b87cc5ff58dfeccbd380cb7d4d2fad431adef935bf3bdaddbf

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 59, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.