House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Safeguarding Our Levees Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 29, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 30, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5304.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARDER of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 140, August 29, 2023, Page H4211):Section 1, Article 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1941 to impose a deadline for initating the repair or restoration of project under such section.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 29, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 227 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5304, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5304
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- 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 July 24, 2024). 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Josh Harder.
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- H.R. 8308 (118th) Nutria Eradication and Control Reauthorization Act of 2024
- H.R. 3369 (118th) Artificial Intelligence Accountability Act
- H.R. 3416 (118th) Youth Workforce Readiness Act of 2023
- H.R. 5329 (118th) Wildfire Smoke Emergency Declaration Act of 2023
- H.R. 4911 (118th) Supporting the Health and Safety of Law Enforcement Act of 2023
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.