House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJul 12, 2017 · 230–190
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 18, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 23.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 23, Gaining Responsibility on Water Act of 2017” on July 7, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As posted by the House Committee on Rules on July 5, 2017 (BILLS -115HR23-RCP115-24)”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 7, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52864
- CBO publication date
- July 7, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 23, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/23
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VALADAO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H46):Clauses 1, 3, and 18 of section 8 and clause 7 of section 9 of article I, of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 115 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 23, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/23
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ae090ce60e1bdc7edeffcc0d5bc47187d284301cebb6fc49ed535e559bfd068b
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 committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 23, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 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
14 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 14 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Ken Calvert (R-CA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Stephen Knight (R-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ed Royce (R-CA), Mimi Walters (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Valadao.
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- H.R. 299 (115th) Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2018
- H.R. 1769 (115th) San Luis Unit Drainage Resolution Act
- H.R. 3890 (115th) Making Rural America Count Act
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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.