HYDRO Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6974.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MALOY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 6, January 11, 2024, Page H108):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration to reduce rates for firm electric service customers due to shortfalls in generation from certain Bureau of Reclamation hydroelectric facilities, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  301 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6974, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6974

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8dd7336bc517ae1ea79844efbf4d21064239d391d481053bc2b1b5a7187d0781

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6974, last updated December 5, 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.