House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Water Resources Development Act of 2018

H.R. 8Introduced May 18, 2018Policy area: Water Resources Development

Where it went

IntroducedMay 18, 2018
Committee actionMay 23, 2018
Passed HouseJun 6, 2018 · 408–2
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jun 26, 2018 — Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 488.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8, Water Resources Development Act of 2018” on June 4, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on June 1, 2018”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 4, 2018 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53930
CBO publication date
June 4, 2018
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 8, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/8
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Direct spending and revenue effects of H.R. 8, the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018” on July 11, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the website of the Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 9, 2018, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2018 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54179
CBO publication date
July 11, 2018
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 8, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/8
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-708 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 1, 2018.
Source: Congress.gov, reported June 1, 2018 ↗
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Report API records
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 8, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/8
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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. SHUSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 82, May 18, 2018, Page H4242):
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). Mr. KING of Iowa. H.R. 5750. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of United States Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2018 ↗
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H.R. 8, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
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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

32 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 18 Democrats, 1 independent

18 of 32 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.

Lou Barletta (R-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Jeff Denham (R-CA), John Duncan (R-TN), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), John Faso (R-NY), A. Ferguson (R-GA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Garret Graves (R-LA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), David Rouzer (R-NC), Mark Sanford (R-SC) and 2 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Shuster.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-9 district

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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.