To amend the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 to include certain services in the definition of critical services for purposes of repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 718.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. GONZALEZ-COLON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 21, February 1, 2023, Pages H629-H630):
  The Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the U.S. Constitution, which provide as follows: -The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; The single subject of this legislation is: Amendment to the definition of critical services eligible for specified recovery funding.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 1, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 718, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/718

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b318bce6180a1982b09315c157a545c2cad61d1327dcba20c1521abff75f55e1

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 718, last updated July 24, 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.