House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Healthy Watersheds, Healthy Communities Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 29, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 24, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6497.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CISCOMANI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 196, November 29, 2023, Page H5983):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Modification of the PL-566 program.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 29, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 99 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6497, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6497
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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 — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Jason Crow (D-CO), Mike Flood (R-NE), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Juan Ciscomani.
- H.R. 2882 (118th) Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
- H.R. 5585 (118th) Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act
- H.R. 1669 (118th) VET–TEC Authorization Act of 2023
- H.R. 8446 (118th) Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2024
- H.R. 7100 (118th) Prioritizing Veterans’ Survivors Act
- H.R. 8371 (118th) Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act
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.