Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1729.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 52, March 22, 2023, Page H1329):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To establish a trust fund to provide for adequate funding for water and sewer infratructure, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  262 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1729, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1729

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8e7403755806ef46586f0b4658d2d30bbaea7a833a7dde129b24d55f311e008c

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1729, last updated July 21, 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.