House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 7, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 7, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6653.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 202, December 7, 2023, Page H6740):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: TaxSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 7, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 111 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6653, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6653
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
183cf337dcd5494fe740ab6bf151b041308ed797f6d2004ab7b3a47b864ec955
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 April 29, 2026). 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
9 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 9 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Carol Miller (R-WV), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adrian Smith.
- H.R. 8413 (118th) Swanson and Hugh Butler Reservoirs Land Conveyances Act
- H.R. 7507 (118th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 203 East 6th Street in Lexington, Nebraska, as the ‘William E.…
- H.R. 3801 (118th) Employer Reporting Improvement Act
- H.J.Res. 62 (118th) Providing for the reappointment of Michael Govan as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
- H.J.Res. 63 (118th) Providing for the appointment of Antoinette Bush as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
- H.J.Res. 64 (118th) Providing for the reappointment of Roger W. Ferguson as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
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.