House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 5, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1352.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LAWRENCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 36, February 25, 2021, Page H731):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, ``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 Office thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 268 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1352, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1352
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 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
102 cosponsors — 102 Democrats
0 of 102 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Cori Bush (D-MO), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), J. Correa (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Antonio Delgado (D-NY) and 72 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brenda Lawrence.
- H.R. 2521 (117th) DOULA for VA Act of 2022
- H.R. 6546 (117th) Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Grant Program Act of 2022
- H.R. 885 (117th) Small Business PPE Tax Credit Act
- H.R. 2033 (117th) Timely Mental Health for Foster Youth Act
- H.Res. 518 (117th) USPS 50th Anniversary Resolution
- H.R. 2661 (117th) Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2021
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.