Water Infrastructure Flexibility Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1971.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMUCKER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 60, April 6, 2017, Page H2789):
  Clause 3 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 6, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1971, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1971

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1759473e2e7fdc7e3a2e301b5cd67a50c31d93c0d319503a8f9cf26d0f4233a0

  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. 1971, 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.