House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Remote, Coastal, and Small Watersheds Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 15, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 16, 2020 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8968.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GABBARD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 212, December 15, 2020, Page H7159):U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 (General Welfare Clause) and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause), Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 (Property).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 15, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 193 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8968, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8968
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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 January 3, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.
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- H.R. 663 (116th) Burn Pits Accountability Act
- H.R. 1588 (116th) Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2019
- H.R. 1587 (116th) Marijuana Data Collection Act
- H.R. 7072 (116th) SFC Heath Robinson Burn Pit Transparency Act
- H.R. 8285 (116th) Election Fraud Prevention Act
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.