House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
RIVER Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 19, 2019
- Committee actionJul 15, 2020
- Passed HouseDec 9, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 10, 2020 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 611.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3361.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3361, RIVER Act” on October 26, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 15, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 26, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56699
- CBO publication date
- October 26, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3361, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3361
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
891470313538ab13d0ec8150cfdd18dcfec2a95455cacec6ad3bbc83dac4b95a
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-622 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 8, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 8, 2020 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/622
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3361, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3361
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
891470313538ab13d0ec8150cfdd18dcfec2a95455cacec6ad3bbc83dac4b95a
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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. McKINLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 103, June 19, 2019, Page H4919):Article 1 Section 8 Section 8--Powers of Congress. To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 19, 2019 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 283 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3361, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3361
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
891470313538ab13d0ec8150cfdd18dcfec2a95455cacec6ad3bbc83dac4b95a
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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 — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
David Loebsack (D-IA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Steve Watkins (R-KS).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.