House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2016
Sponsor: Rep. Peter DeFazio D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 18, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4954.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeFAZIO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 58, April 15, 2016, Page H1765):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 76 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4954, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4954
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
03764e3affb1dc31f8cb3cf39c995e451279167a2114efb79fa3ec91f18a9b0e
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 August 12, 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
43 cosponsors — 43 Democrats
0 of 43 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Lois Frankel (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI) and 13 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 887 (114th) Supporting efforts to increase competition and accountability in the health insurance marketplace, and to extend accessible, quality…
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.