House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 6, 2019
- Committee actionFeb 12, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 555.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5347.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5347, Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Act” on June 12, 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 12, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56411
- CBO publication date
- June 12, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5347, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5347
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-671 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 18, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 18, 2020 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/671
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5347, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5347
- 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. 195, December 6, 2019, Page H9347):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 6, 2019 ↗
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- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5347, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5347
- 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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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.