House bill · 100th Congress · Public Law 100-4
Water Quality Act of 1987
Became law on Feb 4, 1987.
Sponsor: Rep. James Howard D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 1987
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 8, 1987 · 406–8
- Passed SenateJan 21, 1987 · 93–6
- To the PresidentJan 21, 1987
- Became lawFeb 4, 1987
Latest action: Feb 5, 1987 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1.
- Congress.gov notePublic Law enacted over veto.Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 7, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1, 100th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/100/hr/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 7, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 30, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 7, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
167 cosponsors — 53 Republicans, 114 Democrats
51 of 167 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Glenn Anderson (D-CA), Michael Andrews (D-TX), Douglas Applegate (D-OH), Bill Archer (R-TX), Chester Atkins (D-MA), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Helen Bentley (R-MD), Tom Bevill (D-AL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Robert Borski (D-PA), Douglas Bosco (D-CA), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), George Brown (D-CA), Albert Bustamante (D-TX), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Rod Chandler (R-WA), Jim Chapman (D-TX), James Clarke (D-NC), William Clinger (R-PA), Ronald Coleman (D-TX), Cardiss Collins (D-IL), James Courter (R-NJ), George Crockett (D-MI), George Darden (D-GA), Ron De Lugo (D-VI), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Norman Dicks (D-WA) and 137 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 100th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Howard.
- H.J.Res. 402 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the week of February 7-13, 1988, as " National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week".
- H.J.Res. 373 (100th) A joint resolution to designate May 1988 as "National Trauma Awareness Month".
- H.R. 2790 (100th) Public Buildings Amendments of 1987
- H.R. 3807 (100th) Local Government Infrastructure Financing Improvement Act of 1987
- H.Con.Res. 183 (100th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States Navy should expedite the implementation of an…
- H.R. 1506 (100th) Sioux Nation Black Hills Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.