To remove the authorized purpose of maintaining water supply for agricultural uses for the project for Caloosahatchee River and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas, Florida.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4844.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROONEY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 168, October 23, 2019, Page H8458):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 23, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4844, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4844

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cc10853232c27cdcef749136b7f6a9e45f892eb4e75904829f3abb2724d8f1fd

  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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