House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Restore Florida Water Independence Act of 2026
Official title: To provide that compliance with a certain biological opinion is deemed to be compliance with the requirements of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for purposes of a certain agency action, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9017.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DONALDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 88, May 22, 2026, Page H3731):Art. I, Sec. 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 39 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9017, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9017
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 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 25, 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 — 8 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 9 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Brian Mast (R-FL), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Jimmy Patronis (R-FL), W. Steube (R-FL), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
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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.