Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2898.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2898, Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015” on July 14, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 9, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 14, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50389

  CBO publication date

  July 14, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2898, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2898

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6a61e61e585efd363f549fdad4510b25ada8b05e53a4345fed522f9e39004fa3

• 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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 114-197,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 114-197,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 14, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 14, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/197
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/197

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2898, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2898

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6a61e61e585efd363f549fdad4510b25ada8b05e53a4345fed522f9e39004fa3

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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. VALADAO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 103, June 25, 2015, Page H4772):
  Clauses 1, 3, and 18 of section 8 and clause 7 of section 9 of article I, of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  115 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2898, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2898

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6a61e61e585efd363f549fdad4510b25ada8b05e53a4345fed522f9e39004fa3

  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. 2898, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.