House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
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Official title: To prohibit the breaching of federally operated dams in certain circumstances, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Dan Newhouse R-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 11, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2074.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEWHOUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 45, March 11, 2025, Page H1152):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2074, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2074
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 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 March 6, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Russ Fulcher (R-ID).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dan Newhouse.
- H.Res. 189 (119th) Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas.
- H.R. 2072 (119th) To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction…
- H.Res. 744 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of September 21 through September 27, 2025, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Week".
- H.R. 1575 (119th) No American Land for Communist China Act
- H.R. 1576 (119th) Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2025
- H.Res. 1552 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of September 20 through September 26, 2026, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Week".
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.