House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Timothy Bishop D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 3, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1877.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BISHOP of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2534):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1877, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1877
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a0b641f0303dd82663f7b62b1d494afcb2bc58c950a0ce966f67169004d30fdb
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 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1877, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
40 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 37 Democrats
3 of 40 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Corrine Brown (D-FL), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Lois Frankel (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Steve Israel (D-NY), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Peter King (R-NY), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Sander Levin (D-MI), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), David Loebsack (D-IA), Sean Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Gwen Moore (D-WI), James Moran (D-VA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-CA), Richard Nolan (D-MN) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Timothy Bishop.
- H.R. 2909 (113th) United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2013
- H.R. 4511 (113th) Protecting Students From Automatic Default Act of 2014
- H.R. 2510 (113th) Helping Veterans Exposed to Toxic Chemicals Act
- H.R. 1832 (113th) Gold Star Fathers Act of 2013
- H.R. 2070 (113th) Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2013
- H.R. 2691 (113th) To amend certain appropriation Acts to repeal the requirement directing the Administrator of General Services to sell Federal property and…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.