House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Headwaters Protection Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4018.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COSTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 102, June 12, 2023, Page H2810):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Forest management public-private partnership incentive program.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 152 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4018, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4018
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 9, 2026). 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
8 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Marie Perez (D-WA), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), David Valadao (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Costa.
- H.Res. 1349 (118th) Recognizing the continued success of the Food for Peace Act.
- H.R. 4328 (118th) National Nursing Shortage Task Force Act of 2023
- H.R. 5099 (118th) Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act of 2023
- H.R. 4327 (118th) Converting Our Waste Sustainably (COWS) Act of 2023
- H.R. 9038 (118th) FAIR Fleets Act
- H.R. 9814 (118th) Rural Homeownership Continuity Act of 2024
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.