House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 2021
- Committee actionFeb 16, 2022
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 16, 2022 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 417.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4677.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4677, New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act” on April 27, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 16, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 27, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58049
- CBO publication date
- April 27, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4677, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4677
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-576 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 16, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 16, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/576
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4677, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4677
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4b280be720755ea4d239d7eb451bf3ce8f37f007ed46a1be3191bf5c04108a8d
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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. TONKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 129, July 22, 2021, Page H3846):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4677, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4677
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4b280be720755ea4d239d7eb451bf3ce8f37f007ed46a1be3191bf5c04108a8d
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
28 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 25 Democrats
3 of 28 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Paul Tonko.
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.