Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 660.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 660, Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act” on May 10, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 27, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52710

  CBO publication date

  May 10, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 660, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/660

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4e482f468d51b3263a44a590c6567e04216071d698fe00193d3e60778ff323aa

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-156 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 2, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 2, 2017 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/156

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 660, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/660

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4e482f468d51b3263a44a590c6567e04216071d698fe00193d3e60778ff323aa

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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. GOSAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 13, January 24, 2017, Page H688):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 (the Spending Clause). The Supreme Court, in South Dakota v. Dole (1987), reasoned that conditions and limitations on funds were constitutional and within the power of Congress under the Spending Clause. Article 1 Section 8 Clause 3 (Commerce Clause) If the matter in question is not a purely local matter (intra-state) or if it has an impact on inter-state commerce, it falls within Congress' power to ``regulate commerce among the several states.'' Article 1 Section 8 Clause 18 (the Necessary and Proper Clause) which grants Congress the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 24, 2017 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  792 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 660, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/660

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4e482f468d51b3263a44a590c6567e04216071d698fe00193d3e60778ff323aa

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