Federal Regulatory Certainty for Water Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2287.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THORNBERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 62, April 10, 2019, Page H3259):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2287, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2287

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4787904674857a83d5aa8495d16ac465865fea2e11b49c8818b5c92c9f3a8f2a

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2287, last updated January 3, 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.