House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Water Infrastructure for Rural and Impoverished Communities Act
Sponsor: Rep. Filemon Vela D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 5, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 30, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5907.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VELA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 195, November 5, 2021, Page H6236):Article 1 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 5, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5907, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5907
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e76ddbe3959c538430b2c427b8cb6e0453dee31129ae25ee5be4f330284b5edb
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5907, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Filemon Vela.
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- H.R. 4985 (117th) Digital Defense Leadership Act
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- H.R. 3739 (117th) Coast Guard Combat-Injured Tax Fairness Act
- H.R. 4933 (117th) HOME Meals Act
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.