Border Water Quality Restoration and Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4357.

• 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. 171, No. 119, July 10, 2025, Page H3202):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4357, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4357

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 11, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a8564f7d878c9b2505c07c2a4af3ec58935625d8b47ccbdb654f05f5a9b6089c

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4357, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 11, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.