Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4394.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-126 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated May 27, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/126

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4394, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4394

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  565047eed7060086e727e27981d4672ae63935a3ce88126a00afc6f21bdc1e86

  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. FLEISCHMANN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 114, June 30, 2023, Page H3160):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law. . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  1,127 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4394, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4394

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  565047eed7060086e727e27981d4672ae63935a3ce88126a00afc6f21bdc1e86

  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 (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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