Removing Nitrate and Arsenic in Drinking Water Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2656.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. TORRES of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 60, April 3, 2025, Page H1419):
  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 Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  441 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2656, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2656

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d6c2a853d9f38571ec3e2fd79cc30d43a7e18e5ad997d295c69d95b96ce0afd2

  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 May 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2656, last updated May 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.