National Dam and Hydropower Safety Improvements Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8889.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 85, May 19, 2026, Page H3628):
  The Constitutional authority of Congress to enact legislation provided by Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  129 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8889, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8889

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  16d98f295bf5844eb066e89bebe98798913983b069c4cd597c1db15b28e09ead

  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 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8889, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.