House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2016
- Committee actionMay 25, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 28, 2016 · 399–25
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 29, 2016 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5303.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5303, Water Resources Development Act of 2016” on September 22, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 25, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52044
- CBO publication date
- September 22, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5303, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5303
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5303, Water Resources Development Act of 2016” on December 1, 2016. CBO’s description reads “CBO cost estimate for the H.R. 5303, the Water Resources Development Act of 2016, as passed by the House of Representatives on September 28, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 1, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52306
- CBO publication date
- December 1, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5303, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5303
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2e8fbc2e9287a93899f78618a1fdb32f065dd1bcf7e9944c712d7688db411245
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-785 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on September 23, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 23, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/785
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5303, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5303
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2e8fbc2e9287a93899f78618a1fdb32f065dd1bcf7e9944c712d7688db411245
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SHUSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 81, May 23, 2016, Page H2962):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (related to general Welfare of the United States), and Clause 3 (related to regulation of Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with Indian tribes).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 253 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5303, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5303
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2e8fbc2e9287a93899f78618a1fdb32f065dd1bcf7e9944c712d7688db411245
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5303, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Grace Napolitano (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Shuster.
- H.R. 3996 (114th) Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015, Part II
- H.R. 3236 (114th) Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015
- H.R. 3819 (114th) Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015
- H.R. 2353 (114th) Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015
- H.R. 3614 (114th) Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015
- H.R. 4721 (114th) Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2016
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.