House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Daines R-MTWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2013
- Committee actionJul 31, 2013
- Passed HouseDec 3, 2013 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 31, 2014 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 518.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1963.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1963, Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act” on September 11, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 31, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 11, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44572
- CBO publication date
- September 11, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1963, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1963
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1963, Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act” on July 8, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 18, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 8, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45508
- CBO publication date
- July 8, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1963, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1963
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cd993aea1163343f02064dc904c0cfb3aafc3c66d00aa739e0b79055f0dcc6e4
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 113-231 ↗; H. Rept. 113-249 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 31, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/SRPT/231
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/249 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1963, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1963
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAINES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2603):Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 71 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1963, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1963
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cd993aea1163343f02064dc904c0cfb3aafc3c66d00aa739e0b79055f0dcc6e4
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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
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Scott Tipton (R-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Daines.
- H.R. 2259 (113th) North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2014
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- H.R. 3286 (113th) Protecting States, Opening National Parks Act
- H.R. 1672 (113th) Limestone Hills Training Area Withdrawal Act
- H.R. 4350 (113th) Northern Cheyenne Lands Act
- H.R. 5052 (113th) Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014
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.