Less Talk More Action Water Modernization Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5243.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SANTOS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 137, August 18, 2023, Page H4193):
  US Constitution, Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To rescind certain amounts appropriated for Internal Revenue Service enforcement and COVID-19 relief and authorize such amounts to be redirected to water-related projects, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 18, 2023 ↗

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  275 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5243, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5243

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5b26d874c44d182de89f38e64301c8f5e8ed2091fe54e5934cc1334ff6782971

  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 January 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5243, last updated January 16, 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.