WATER for California

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 215.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 215, Working to Advance Tangible and Effective Reforms for California Act” on February 22, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 28, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 22, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59995

  CBO publication date

  February 22, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 215, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/215

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  234259bb3f37e3e8b36acdd9b1ea62b6841029631268a745755ec93b1fbc9eb7

• 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. 118-919 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 19, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 19, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/919

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 215, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/215

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  234259bb3f37e3e8b36acdd9b1ea62b6841029631268a745755ec93b1fbc9eb7

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VALADAO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H113):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying out 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 office thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  268 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 215, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/215

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  234259bb3f37e3e8b36acdd9b1ea62b6841029631268a745755ec93b1fbc9eb7

  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.R. 215, last updated May 27, 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.