House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Water Rights Protection Act
Official title: To prohibit the conditioning of any permit, lease, or other use agreement on the transfer of any water right to the United States by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Celeste Maloy R-UTWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 12, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 25, 2025 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 334.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 302.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 302, Water Rights Protection Act” on March 10, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 12, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61247
- CBO publication date
- March 10, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 302, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/302
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-384 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 25, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 25, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/384
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 302, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/302
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MALOY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 5, January 9, 2025, Page H93):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 302, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/302
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8ae5be10ac93019d464bbae54e79daf29e5e60108c0c0d67d041e8422679ba1a
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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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Ron Estes (R-KS), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Blake Moore (R-UT), Burgess Owens (R-UT).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Celeste Maloy.
- H.J.Res. 60 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Park Service…
- H.R. 3073 (119th) Shivwits Band of Paiutes Jurisdictional Clarity Act
- H.R. 4285 (119th) STARS Act
- H.R. 689 (119th) FREE Act
- H.R. 301 (119th) GEO Act
- H.R. 5091 (119th) To amend section 5545 of title 5, United States Code, to provide hazard pay for carrying out prescribed burns, and for other purposes.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.