Desalination Development Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3723.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3723, Desalination Development Act” on June 25, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 11, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56438

  CBO publication date

  June 25, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3723, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3723

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ebc0e3a13967c888139f0912470a539be8c3a574d3c27ff932695cf74ea310bc

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-668 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 18, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 18, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/668

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3723, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3723

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ebc0e3a13967c888139f0912470a539be8c3a574d3c27ff932695cf74ea310bc

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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. LEVIN of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 116, July 11, 2019, Page H5728):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 11, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  76 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3723, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3723

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ebc0e3a13967c888139f0912470a539be8c3a574d3c27ff932695cf74ea310bc

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