Water Resources Development Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7575.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 7575, the Water Resources Development Act of 2020” on July 29, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As Posted on the Website of the Clerk of the House on July 28, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 29, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56495

  CBO publication date

  July 29, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7575, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7575

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3897283017ca0bb2754170c76ecb22fc01b4f6bddff27b88e2ed397feb57ee8e

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-460 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on July 24, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 24, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/460

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7575, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7575

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3897283017ca0bb2754170c76ecb22fc01b4f6bddff27b88e2ed397feb57ee8e

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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. DeFAZIO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 125, July 13, 2020, Page H3083):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  76 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7575, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7575

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3897283017ca0bb2754170c76ecb22fc01b4f6bddff27b88e2ed397feb57ee8e

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7575, 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.