To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for the assessment and management of the risk of algal toxins in drinking water, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 212.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 212, Drinking Water Protection Act” on February 18, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 12, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 18, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49959

  CBO publication date

  February 18, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 212, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/212

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-26 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on February 24, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 24, 2015 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/26

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 212, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/212

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c86659b60972dad69efe8d517d7b2d0f80218c1ba0d11a0e70aa97f13d15b347

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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. LATTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 3, January 8, 2015, Page H156):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2015 ↗

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  Statement length

  264 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 212, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/212

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c86659b60972dad69efe8d517d7b2d0f80218c1ba0d11a0e70aa97f13d15b347

  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. 212, 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.