House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Water Infrastructure Enhancement Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 11, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 14, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4540.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CUELLAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 118, July 11, 2023, Page H3207):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to establish a program to provide grants to suppliers of water for the purpose of making infrastructure improvements to public water systems.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 11, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 242 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4540, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4540
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 16, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 16, 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
8 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 3 Democrats
5 of 8 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
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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.