Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law

Water Resources Development Act of 2016

S. 2848Introduced Apr 25, 2016Policy area: Water Resources Development

Sponsor: Sen. Jim Inhofe R-OK

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 25, 2016
Committee actionApr 28, 2016
Passed SenateSep 15, 2016 · 95–3
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 19, 2016 — Held at the desk.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2848.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2848, Water Resources Development Act of 2016” on June 20, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on April 28, 2016”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 20, 2016 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51701
CBO publication date
June 20, 2016
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2848, 114th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2848
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 22, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2848, Water Resources Development Act of 2016” on June 28, 2016. CBO’s description reads “Revised cost estimate for S. 2848, as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on April 28, 2016”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 28, 2016 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51729
CBO publication date
June 28, 2016
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2848, 114th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2848
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 22, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d9895c8b7c16ee4bc5839b6221f6a2af4d06eddc59691888661508d3de203d36
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 114-283 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on June 20, 2016.
Source: Congress.gov, reported June 20, 2016 ↗
Evidence
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committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/283
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2848, 114th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2848
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 22, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d9895c8b7c16ee4bc5839b6221f6a2af4d06eddc59691888661508d3de203d36
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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

1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat

1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.

Barbara Boxer (D-CA).

More from the sponsor

Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Jim Inhofe.

Sponsor’s state and district

Oklahoma in Congress

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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.