To prohibit the Secretary of the Army from carrying out certain spillage operations on the Lower Snake Rivers dams, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8157.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEWHOUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 73, April 29, 2024, Page H2701):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit the Secretary of the Army from carrying out certain spillage operations on the Lower Snake River dams, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8157, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8157

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2024

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  September 14, 2026

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  ec5054b3d87687911f604de0f436a7aa536d5d6039d7d8db9df12d27d0ba85b3

  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 August 12, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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