Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10204.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CARAVEO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 173, November 21, 2024, Page H6191):
  Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art I, Sec 8, Clause 18) THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8 POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would provide flexibility to family farmers and ranchers ability to conserve water on working lands while fairly compensating them for retiring their water rights or limiting their water use.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 21, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10204, 118th Congress

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  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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  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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