House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Public Water Supply Invasive Species Compliance Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 9, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 23, 2016 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5430.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOHMERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 91, June 9, 2016, Page H3664):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, providing Congress the authority to regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations, and among the Several States, and with Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 161 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5430, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5430
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Republicans
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Sam Johnson (R-TX), John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1695 (114th) Parental Notification and Intervention Act of 2015
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- H.R. 3165 (114th) Safer DC 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.