Removing Nitrate and Arsenic in Drinking Water Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7916.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TORRES of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 60, April 9, 2024, Page H2252):
  According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: of the United States Constitution, seen below, this bill falls within the Constitutional Authority of the United States Congress. Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in The single subject of this legislation is: safe drinking water
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 9, 2024 ↗

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  425 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7916, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7916

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 6, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  25df3d64747053d709ef97e16e06de8913f2838c6958a377c861b880aca4b7af

  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 November 6, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7916, last updated November 6, 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.