Improving Atmospheric River Forecasts Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3966.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MIKE GARCIA of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 101, June 9, 2023, Pages H2789-H2790):
  Article I, Section 8, 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 of Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: The Improving Atmospheric River Forecasts Act will improve the forecasting of atmospheric rivers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  436 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3966, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3966

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  14719b7c97e0869ab1ee8bad91e4caf4001e5adb40d1d2617cf88f60e00a5cd1

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3966, 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.