South Dakota Water Feasibility Studies Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9785.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9785, South Dakota Water Feasibility Studies Act” on October 19, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 15, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 19, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62865

  CBO publication date

  October 19, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9785, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9785

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0de71467bc6ff99489039340167c3be890c5584bb9e86aa4cf20fe4c9a0bf7ba

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 118, July 20, 2026, Page H4682):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  40 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9785, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9785

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0de71467bc6ff99489039340167c3be890c5584bb9e86aa4cf20fe4c9a0bf7ba

  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 committee report (as of October 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9785, last updated October 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 19, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.