House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
LAKES Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 22, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 19, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6906.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WESTERMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 211, December 22, 2023, Page H7008):This bill is enacted pursuant to the Commerce Clause, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, along with the Necessary and Proper Clause, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend fee retention structure at USACE sitesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 22, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 253 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6906, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6906
- 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
12 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 12 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Jim Costa (D-CA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), John Garamendi (D-CA), J. Hill (R-AR), Jared Huffman (D-CA), James Moylan (R-GU), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Steve Womack (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bruce Westerman.
- H.R. 6492 (118th) EXPLORE Act
- H.R. 7180 (118th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 1st Street in Kingsland, Arkansas, as the "Kingsland 'Johnny…
- H.R. 8790 (118th) Fix Our Forests Act
- H.J.Res. 96 (118th) Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2023
- H.R. 7408 (118th) America’s Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act
- H.R. 9533 (118th) ESA Amendments Act of 2024
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.