House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Domestic Water Protection Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 1, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 1, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5325.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLEGO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 141, September 1, 2023, Page H4218):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: Water/Natural ResourcesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 1, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 370 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5325, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5325
- 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 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ruben Gallego.
- H.R. 663 (118th) Native American Child Protection Act
- H.R. 3853 (118th) Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2023
- H.R. 2463 (118th) Junk Fee Prevention Act
- H.R. 3965 (118th) Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2023
- H.R. 3489 (118th) Restore Veterans’ Compensation Act of 2023
- H.R. 3143 (118th) Teachers LEAD 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.