Help Hoover Dam Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7776.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7776, Help Hoover Dam Act” on October 8, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 12, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 8, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60819

  CBO publication date

  October 8, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7776, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7776

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8e07061f6ec616e763c050eea761c21826aa5f6dd7cbf35033e939d9b89c608d

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-834 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 10, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 10, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/834

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7776, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7776

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8e07061f6ec616e763c050eea761c21826aa5f6dd7cbf35033e939d9b89c608d

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of Nevada, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 50, March 21, 2024, Page H1354):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 provides Congress with the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises'' in order to ``provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States.'' The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Boulder Canyon Project Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to expend amounts in the Colorado River Dam fund, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  397 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7776, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7776

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8e07061f6ec616e763c050eea761c21826aa5f6dd7cbf35033e939d9b89c608d

  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. 7776, last updated February 9, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.