Drought Preparedness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4385.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4385, Drought Preparedness Act” on January 2, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 8, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 2, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59854

  CBO publication date

  January 2, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4385, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4385

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e8535fbd9b4ce39ba9f6bf1a282b5d6361807590905d4654e6d0420f478f417

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-365 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on January 30, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 30, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/365

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4385, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4385

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e8535fbd9b4ce39ba9f6bf1a282b5d6361807590905d4654e6d0420f478f417

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEGUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 112, June 27, 2023, Page H3152):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Reauthorize the Bureau of Reclamation's emergency drought preparedness authorities.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  147 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4385, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4385

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e8535fbd9b4ce39ba9f6bf1a282b5d6361807590905d4654e6d0420f478f417

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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