House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act
Sponsor: Rep. Gregg Harper R-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 15, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 654.
- 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 H503):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 654, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/654
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 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 December 6, 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
17 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 17 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Rob Bishop (R-UT), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Walter Jones (R-NC), Tom Latham (R-IA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Betty McCollum (D-MN), David McKinley (R-WV), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregg Harper.
- H.R. 2019 (113th) Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act
- H.Con.Res. 81 (113th) Providing a correction in the enrollment of S. 25.
- H.Con.Res. 82 (113th) Providing a correction in the enrollment of S. 540.
- H.R. 1994 (113th) Election Assistance Commission Termination Act
- H.R. 831 (113th) Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2013
- H.R. 3306 (113th) Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2013
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.