To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to repeal the authority relating to reprogramming during national emergencies.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1137.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARAMENDI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 26, February 11, 2019, Page H1518):
  Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  72 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1137, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1137

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20f3701e5298323899ef2c83189420b7802a87904402c7c6e652656f7b859c86

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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