House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Gold King Mine Spill Compensation Act of 2025
Official title: To authorize compensation to individuals, organizations, and companies impacted by the Gold King Mine wastewater spill of 2015, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jeff Hurd R-COWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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. 1315.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HURD of Colorado, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 30, February 13, 2025, Page H711):Article 1, Section 8, clause 18 (the Necessary and Proper Clause) Under this clause, Congress has the 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.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 340 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1315, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1315
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 13, 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 October 13, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jeff Hurd.
- H.R. 2316 (119th) Wetlands Conservation and Access Improvement Act of 2025
- H.R. 2600 (119th) ASCEND Act
- H.R. 5631 (119th) Geothermal Energy Advancement Act
- H.R. 3857 (119th) Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
- H.R. 7342 (119th) Made in America Jobs Act of 2026
- H.R. 5911 (119th) Crystal Reservoir Conveyance Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.