House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 7, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 15, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1427.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARPER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2535):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1427, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1427
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 August 14, 2025). 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
22 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 22 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Bob Filner (D-CA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Walter Jones (R-NC), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), David McKinley (R-WV), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Peter Welch (D-VT), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregg Harper.
- H.R. 5859 (112th) To repeal an obsolete provision in title 49, United States Code, requiring motor vehicle insurance cost reporting.
- H.R. 588 (112th) To redesignate the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.
- H.R. 3463 (112th) To reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions and…
- H.Con.Res. 90 (112th) Authorizing the printing of the 25th edition of the pocket version of the United States Constitution.
- H.R. 672 (112th) Election Support Consolidation and Efficiency Act
- H.R. 603 (112th) TEAM-Empowerment Act of 2011
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.