House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014
Sponsor: Rep. David Valadao R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 2, 2014
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 9, 2014 · 230–182
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 10, 2014 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5781.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5781, California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014” on December 9, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As introduced on December 2, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 9, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49842
- CBO publication date
- December 9, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5781, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5781
- 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. VALADAO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8273):Article I, section 8, clause 18Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5781, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5781
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0e5d4d80ed7929a969e50bb3ca68d0abc2dee1fb08fd617763d49d89352381ce
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 committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5781, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
7 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Ken Calvert (R-CA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Devin Nunes (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1396 (113th) California Federal Milk Marketing Order Act
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.