Local Water Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1331.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1331, Local Water Protection Act” on April 5, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 27, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 5, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55103

  CBO publication date

  April 5, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1331, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1331

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d804b740e52ec09302901016c8b7e3937136d2019842f04ee841aa0ee7e4c50b

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-36 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on April 8, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 8, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/36

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1331, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1331

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d804b740e52ec09302901016c8b7e3937136d2019842f04ee841aa0ee7e4c50b

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. CRAIG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 34, February 25, 2019, Page H2101):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1331, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1331

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d804b740e52ec09302901016c8b7e3937136d2019842f04ee841aa0ee7e4c50b

  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. 1331, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.