To amend the Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act to clarify a provision relating to conveyances for aquifer recharge purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 331.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 331, a bill to amend the Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act to clarify a provision relating to conveyances for aquifer recharge purposes” on March 31, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 12, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 31, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61281

  CBO publication date

  March 31, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 331, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/331

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 1, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 2, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-60 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 17, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 17, 2025 ↗

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/60

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 331, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/331

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 1, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 2, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FULCHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 6, January 13, 2025, Page H111):
  Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the following statement is submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution. Congress has the authority to enact this legislation pursuant to the power granted under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2025 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 331, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/331

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 1, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 2, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f4a56aee220e203536a4571e057fd4f2e8254e91510e2de730dd73a11e0aa04d

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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