Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 27.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 27, Providing for Congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Revis” on March 7, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 3, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 7, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58988

  CBO publication date

  March 7, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 27, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/27

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b746890079157c12ad7325ef02b397eb18c502555d84bbd394df7c8b8cbfafc7

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-6 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on March 3, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 3, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/6

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 27, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/27

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b746890079157c12ad7325ef02b397eb18c502555d84bbd394df7c8b8cbfafc7

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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. GRAVES of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 22, February 2, 2023, Page H683):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Waters of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  128 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 27, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/27

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b746890079157c12ad7325ef02b397eb18c502555d84bbd394df7c8b8cbfafc7

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 27, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.