To authorize the International Boundary and Water Commission to accept funds for activities relating to wastewater treatment and flood control works, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5903.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5903, a bill to authorize the International Boundary and Water Commission to accept funds for activities relating to wastewater treatment and flood control works, and for other purposes” on June 7, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on November 15, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 7, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60393

  CBO publication date

  June 7, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5903, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5903

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c0617b7e4c0b0f977616fc6df7a46059ed19cde615139d313c783dc0a2341555

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-777 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 26, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 26, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/777

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5903, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5903

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c0617b7e4c0b0f977616fc6df7a46059ed19cde615139d313c783dc0a2341555

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. NAPOLITANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 164, October 6, 2023, Page H4991):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: wastewater treatment and flood control
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  139 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5903, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5903

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c0617b7e4c0b0f977616fc6df7a46059ed19cde615139d313c783dc0a2341555

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5903, last updated November 18, 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.