Border Water Quality Restoration and Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9640.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VARGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 144, September 17, 2024, Page H5319):
  (1) 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 Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill establishes programs that address water pollution along the U.S.-Mexico border. Specifically, the bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Tijuana River Public Health and Water Quality Restoration Program Under the program, the EPA must
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9640, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9640

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e04472e818011ead590f784dfef1ecd6f88035bd0e92ebe4959f0ce1c2f4a52b

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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