House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Rural Water Security Act
Official title: To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to include Colorado in a program for western rural water, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 20, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 21, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7631.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PETTERSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 34, February 20, 2026, Page H2235):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7631, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7631
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
475061b01b65582124b5d6d1d3ff0f5129fb41d359af7d9179053874c74c54ba
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 June 3, 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Jeff Crank (R-CO), Jason Crow (D-CO), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Jeff Hurd (R-CO), Joe Neguse (D-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brittany Pettersen.
- H.R. 528 (119th) Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act
- H.Res. 23 (119th) Proxy Voting for New Parents Resolution
- H.R. 3694 (119th) VALID Act of 2025
- H.R. 10216 (119th) Public Transit Mental Health Awareness Act
- H.R. 1734 (119th) Preventing Deep Fake Scams Act
- H.R. 10036 (119th) Constituent Services Impacts of Federal Workforce Firings Act
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.