Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1417.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LAWRENCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 37, February 28, 2019, Page H2315):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  269 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1417, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1417

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  71c08aa7681b3b4adc2b5058f543102e0a165585a9e15eb9dc5fd1db19b8037c

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1417, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.