To amend the Colorado River Basin Project Act to provide for the equitable distribution of Colorado River water for the lower basin States, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7078.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHWEIKERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 10, January 14, 2026, Page H894):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3--To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; . . . Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2--The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing int his Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 14, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  465 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7078, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7078

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  591f5a2602ecbfcf67b2725225bdd9c184fcf6c3d0c4ba376cbfb82b3838008a

  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 February 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7078, last updated February 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.