House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Water Quality Improvement Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 12, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 465.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GIBBS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 8, January 12, 2017, Pages H471-H472):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specificallyClause 3 (related to regulation of Commerce among the several States).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 138 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 465, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/465
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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 11, 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Republicans
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Steve Chabot (R-OH), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), James Renacci (R-OH), Keith Rothfus (R-PA), Fred Upton (R-MI), Jackie Walorski (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bob Gibbs.
- H.R. 5868 (115th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 530 Claremont Avenue in Ashland, Ohio, as the "Bill Harris Post…
- H.R. 7279 (115th) Water Infrastructure Improvement Act
- H.R. 953 (115th) Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2017
- H.Res. 152 (115th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that clean water is a national priority, and that the June 29, 2015, Waters of the…
- H.R. 1045 (115th) Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2017
- H.R. 2917 (115th) Regulatory Certainty Act of 2017
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.