House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 23, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 23, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4356.
- 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. 169, No. 110, June 23, 2023, Page H3144):Article I, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to increase Tribal access to water conservation and efficiency grants, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 23, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 215 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4356, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4356
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- 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 May 27, 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Melanie Stansbury.
- H.R. 5665 (118th) Promoting Accessibility on Federal Lands Act of 2024
- H.R. 3031 (118th) America's Red Rock Wilderness Act
- H.R. 5871 (118th) Rail Worker and Community Safety Act
- H.R. 6768 (118th) Public Health Nursing Act
- H.Con.Res. 47 (118th) Expressing the need for the Senate to provide advice and consent to ratification of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.
- H.R. 8098 (118th) Judicial Ethics Enforcement 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.