House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Aquatic Invasive Species Control and Prevention Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to provide for the prevention, management, control, and eradication of aquatic nuisance species, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2026 — Subcommittee Hearings Held
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8876.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALBERG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 85, May 19, 2026, Page H3628):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8876, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8876
- 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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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 September 19, 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
9 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 9 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Mike Bost (R-IL), Troy Carter (D-LA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), David Valadao (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tim Walberg.
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- H.Res. 117 (119th) Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 2528 (119th) Association Health Plans Act
- H.R. 3170 (119th) Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.