House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 5, 2019
- Committee actionFeb 12, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 12, 2020 — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 15.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5316.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5316, Move Water Now Act” on June 22, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 12, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 22, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56424
- CBO publication date
- June 22, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5316, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5316
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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. COX of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 194, December 5, 2019, Page H9295):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 5, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5316, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5316
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e3878db778e944e9f1400afaa18584371999e7153b4bb550fda90b3d5aee81d9
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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5316, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jim Costa (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tj Cox.
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- H.R. 5347 (116th) Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Act
- H.R. 657 (116th) Immediate Financial Relief for Federal Employees Act
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- H.R. 6933 (116th) Caring for Survivors Act of 2020
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.