Water Monitoring and Tracking Essential Resources (WATER) Data Improvement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5770.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5770, Water Monitoring and Tracking Essential Resources (WATER) Data Improvement Act” on July 12, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on July 8, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 12, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60514

  CBO publication date

  July 12, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5770, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5770

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. 118-566 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 27, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 27, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/566

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5770, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5770

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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 Mr. NEGUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 157, September 27, 2023, Page H4715):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Reauthorize 3 USGS programs related to groundwater, streamflow, and water estimation monitoring.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  160 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5770, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5770

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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  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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