Water Resources Research Amendments Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1663.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WITTMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 49, March 21, 2017, Page H2288):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the United States Constitution. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  155 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1663, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1663

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  db2fe74af0ec33ebdfd8609ae2be094b619e70987fb54d2955d27535a3064bd3

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1663, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.