House bill · 113th Congress · Public Law 113-289
Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2014
Became law on Dec 19, 2014.
Sponsor: Rep. Earl Blumenauer D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2013
- Committee actionNov 20, 2014
- Passed HouseDec 8, 2014 · without objection
- Passed SenateDec 15, 2014 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentDec 18, 2014
- Became lawDec 19, 2014
Latest action: Dec 19, 2014 — Became Public Law No: 113-289.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2901.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2901, Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2014” on December 4, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 20, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 4, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49826
- CBO publication date
- December 4, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2901, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2901
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- 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. BLUMENAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5345):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2901, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2901
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 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
107 cosponsors — 36 Republicans, 71 Democrats
36 of 107 cosponsors (34%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), John Culberson (R-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Charles Dent (R-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), William Enyart (D-IL) and 77 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.