Voluntary Groundwater Conservation Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4902.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CARAVEO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 129, July 26, 2023, Page H4031):
  Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18) The single subject of this legislation is: Establish groundwater conservation easement program
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  176 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4902, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4902

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8f5f89c704828e702b0ac1eb4aa3bb2bb6e1c3a268c7a7309d10286f5da5580d

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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