HR 5983 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Clean Water Act of 2023

Introduced Oct 18, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Rick Larsen D-WA

Latest action · Oct 27, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedOct 18, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 131

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 18, 2023 to Aug 30, 2024; 117 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-OR	Andrea Salinas	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NJ	Andy Kim	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-VT	Becca Balint	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NY	Daniel S. Goldman	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-MD	David J. Trone	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-IL	Delia C. Ramirez	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NJ	Donald Norcross	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-PA	Dwight Evans	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-HI	Ed Case	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NM	Gabe Vasquez	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-TX	Greg Casar	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-MI	Hillary J. Scholten	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NY	Jamaal Bowman	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Jared Huffman	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-TX	Jasmine Crockett	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CO	Jason Crow	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-VA	Jennifer L. McClellan	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-HI	Jill N. Tokuda	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-TX	Joaquin Castro	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CO	Joe Neguse	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Katie Porter	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Kevin Mullin	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-MD	Kweisi Mfume	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-FL	Lois Frankel	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-MA	Lori Trahan	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-WA	Marilyn Strickland	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Maxine Waters	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NM	Melanie A. Stansbury	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Mike Levin	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-KY	Morgan McGarvey	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-GA	Nikema Williams	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Pete Aguilar	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NY	Ritchie Torres	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Robert Garcia	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NJ	Robert Menendez	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Sara Jacobs	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-RI	Seth Magaziner	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-MI	Shri Thanedar	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Sydney Kamlager-Dove	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-LA	Troy A. Carter	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-OR	Val T. Hoyle	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-NC	Valerie P. Foushee	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-TX	Veronica Escobar	Original	Oct 18, 2023
D-IL	Bill Foster		Nov 2, 2023
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Nov 2, 2023
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Nov 2, 2023
D-FL	Maxwell Frost		Nov 2, 2023
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Nov 2, 2023
D-NM	Teresa Leger Fernandez		Nov 2, 2023
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Nov 30, 2023
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Nov 30, 2023
D-CA	Judy Chu		Nov 30, 2023
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Nov 30, 2023
D-IL	Sean Casten		Nov 30, 2023
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Nov 30, 2023
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Nov 30, 2023
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		Aug 30, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Referred Oct 25, 2023
	Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee	Referred Oct 27, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 27, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Oct 25, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Oct 18, 2023Introduced in House

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H1323	Grace F. Napolitano D-CA	Mar 21, 2024

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to restore a national minimum standard of protection for the water resources of the United States

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 171, October 18, 2023, page H5029.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

About this bill 1

Products that name it in their title: its number, its law number or one of its short titles.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R47408	Waters of the United States (WOTUS): Frequently Asked Questions About the Scope of the Clean Water Act	Report	Jun 23, 2025

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to restore a national minimum standard of protection for the water resources of the United States while providing certainty to regulated entities.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Clean Water Act of 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Environmental Protection

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 25, 2023Introduced in House

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