To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for the Salton Sea Research Project.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9444.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 135, August 30, 2024, Page H5022):
  Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Ad- justment Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for the Salton Sea Research Project.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 30, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9444, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9444

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 10, 2024

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  September 14, 2026

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  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 October 10, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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