House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Water Rights Protection Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 16, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 7, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1830.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TIPTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 55, April 16, 2015, Page H2308):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article 4 Section 3 Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, which states the Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 16, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 452 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1830, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1830
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 5, 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
26 cosponsors — 26 Republicans
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brian Babin (R-TX), Ken Buck (R-CO), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Cresent Hardy (R-NV), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Mia Love (R-UT), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Tom Reed (R-NY), Reid Ribble (R-WI), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Tipton.
- H.R. 1553 (114th) Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act of 2015
- H.R. 1554 (114th) Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance Act of 2015
- H.R. 2896 (114th) TAILOR Act of 2015
- H.R. 1089 (114th) Native American Indian Education Act
- H.R. 695 (114th) Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act
- H.R. 459 (114th) Planning for American Energy Act of 2015
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.