House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Orland Project Water Management Act
Official title: To amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to facilitate the transfer of water from the Orland Project to the Central Valley Project.
Sponsor: Rep. Doug LaMalfa R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 15, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 16, 2026 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Gallagher asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 4970, a bill originally introduced by Representative LaMalfa, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4970.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaMALFA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 138, August 15, 2025, Page H3699):Article I, Section 8, Clause 14Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4970, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
35a69ccf1bec78ec355a716e712871ac68697024650b2652fab4f47501f709df
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 July 17, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4970, last updated July 17, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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. Doug LaMalfa.
- H.R. 2400 (119th) Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2026
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- H.R. 1110 (119th) Grazing for Wildfire Risk Reduction Act
- H.R. 1383 (119th) Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 1849 (119th) Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act of 2025
- H.R. 2202 (119th) End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2025
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.