Colorado River Salinity Control Fix Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7872.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-709 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 22, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 22, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/709

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7872, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7872

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  85083825ce964de983b76d2a6853d0669d1518d6a55da1d68f231d4b0cd8f534

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CURTIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 58, April 5, 2024, Page H2142):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to modify certain requirements applicable to salinity control units, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 5, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  211 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7872, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7872

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  85083825ce964de983b76d2a6853d0669d1518d6a55da1d68f231d4b0cd8f534

  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 (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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