Dalles Watershed Development Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 655.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 655, The Dalles Watershed Development Act” on September 8, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 25, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 8, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61729

  CBO publication date

  September 8, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 655, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/655

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-277 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 15, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2025 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/277

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 655, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/655

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 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. BENTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 14, January 23, 2025, Page H388):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2025 ↗

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  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 655, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/655

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  09e1f8de396ac1c7fd3e8b3fa448b04222e5a55b76152b666f302fa32728b924

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