To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to make the District of Columbia eligible for certain wastewater infrastructure grants, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4043.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4043, a bill to amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to expand eligibility for certain wastewater infrastructure grants, and for other purposes” on November 21, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 18, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2024 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61024

  CBO publication date

  November 21, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4043, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4043

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-897 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on December 18, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 18, 2024 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/897

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4043, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4043

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 102, June 12, 2023, Page H2811):
  Clause 18 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend Section 302(c)(1) of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to expressly make the District of Columbia eligible for certain wastewater infrastructure grants.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2023 ↗

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  253 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4043, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4043

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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