House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Ohio River Restoration Program Act
Official title: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish an Ohio River Basin Restoration Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Morgan McGarvey D-KYWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 7, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 8, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5966.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGARVEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 187, November 7, 2025, Page H4586):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5966, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5966
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 22, 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 May 22, 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
15 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 8 Democrats
7 of 15 cosponsors (47%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Greg Landsman (D-OH), George Latimer (D-NY), Robert Latta (R-OH), Summer Lee (D-PA), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Carol Miller (R-WV), Max Miller (R-OH), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Michael Rulli (R-OH), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Emilia Sykes (D-OH), Michael Turner (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Morgan McGarvey.
- H.R. 1621 (119th) Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act of 2025
- H.R. 6579 (119th) Justice for Breonna Taylor Act
- H.R. 9195 (119th) Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act
- H.R. 9287 (119th) Child Safety and Well-Being Act of 2026
- H.R. 6757 (119th) Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2025
- H.R. 8520 (119th) HELP Act of 2026
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.