Clean Water Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5983.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LARSEN of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 171, October 18, 2023, Page H5029):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to restore a national minimum standard of protection for the water resources of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 18, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  233 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5983, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5983

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 31, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  31845ed41ebdb2272af3b24cb9dfc9d592dcec0838f6191a00ef4248a96b759e

  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 August 31, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5983, last updated August 31, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.