House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Protect Families from Toxic Algal Blooms Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 27, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 27, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5756.
- 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. 157, September 27, 2023, Page H4715):Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 to permit the sale of technologies to certain water and irrigation districts to expedite the removal of harmful algal blooms.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 27, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 262 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5756, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5756
- 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
6 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 4 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Eric Swalwell (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Josh Harder.
- H.R. 3396 (118th) Fire Department Repayment Act of 2023
- 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.