House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to authorize the Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida.
Sponsor: Rep. Patrick Murphy D-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 8, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 9, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 230.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MURPHY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 3, January 8, 2015, Page H156):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 137 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 230, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/230
- 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
18 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 8 Democrats
10 of 18 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Corrine Brown (D-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Curt Clawson (R-FL), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Gwen Graham (D-FL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), David Jolly (R-FL), Richard Nugent (R-FL), Bill Posey (R-FL), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Patrick Murphy.
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- H.Res. 432 (114th) Expressing support for designating February 2016 as "National Spine Ability Month".
- H.R. 3793 (114th) Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2015
- H.R. 5254 (114th) Senior Accessible Housing Act
- H.R. 231 (114th) To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to deauthorize the Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area Critical Restoration Project.
- H.R. 3679 (114th) To provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees associated with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.