To require the Secretary of the Army to issue guidance relating to the review of applications for alteration or temporary or permanent occupation or use of certain hydropower projects, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9705.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GOODLANDER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 115, July 15, 2026, Page H4545):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution (Commerce Clause).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 15, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  83 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9705, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9705

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 16, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  999cd0532931e58dc9226ebec1516631a74027d1c750c76220b498fb3b996c51

  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 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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