House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 9, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 12, 2022 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6238.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STANSBURY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 213, December 9, 2021, Page H7638):Article I, section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 9, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6238, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6238
- 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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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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6238, last updated April 7, 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
16 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 14 Democrats
2 of 16 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Cori Bush (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Jim Costa (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Melanie Stansbury.
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- H.R. 7792 (117th) Water Data Act
- H.R. 9173 (117th) Colorado River Basin Conservation Act
- H.R. 4863 (117th) Partnerships for Energy Security and Innovation Act
- H.R. 7793 (117th) Rio Grande Water Security Act
- H.R. 5805 (117th) Buffalo Tract Protection 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.