To make certain irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3081.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ARMSTRONG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 81, May 11, 2021, Page H2195):
  Article I, Section 8 clause 18 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  64 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3081, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3081

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3f4fe47ac93fa06e114a8baaa145d156c8acfe5332c75ef1deeac7091dbe5310

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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