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HR 1137 116th Congress House Water Resources Development Appropriations Military civil functions Military facilities and property Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents War and emergency powers Water resources funding

To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to repeal the authority relating to reprogramming during national emergencies.

Introduced: April 17, 2020 Introduced by: Garamendi, John Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Feb 12, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Feb 11, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Feb 11, 2019
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E157)
Feb 11, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill repeals the authority of the President to divert certain resources of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during national emergencies. Specifically, the bill repeals the President's authority to (1) terminate or defer civil works projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that are not essential to the national defense; and (2) apply the resources of the Corps' civil works program to civil works, military construction, and civil defense projects that are essential to the national defense.

What's happening now February 12, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 43
All 43 Democratic 40
Maloney, Sean
· Apr 28, 2020
 D
Stanton, Greg
Arizona · Apr 23, 2020
Brown, Anthony
· Apr 17, 2020
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Apr 17, 2020
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 5, 2020
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Oct 30, 2019
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Oct 16, 2019
Kirkpatrick, Ann
· Sep 26, 2019
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Sep 26, 2019
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Sep 19, 2019
 D
Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Sep 12, 2019
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Sep 10, 2019
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Sep 10, 2019
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Sep 6, 2019
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Sep 6, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 6, 2019
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Feb 28, 2019
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Feb 25, 2019
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Feb 25, 2019
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Feb 25, 2019
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 25, 2019
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Feb 25, 2019
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Feb 25, 2019
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Feb 15, 2019
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 14, 2019
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Feb 14, 2019
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Feb 14, 2019
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Feb 14, 2019
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Feb 14, 2019
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Feb 14, 2019
 D
Bera, Ami
California · Feb 11, 2019
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Feb 11, 2019
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · Feb 11, 2019
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Feb 11, 2019
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Feb 11, 2019
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Feb 11, 2019
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 11, 2019
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Feb 11, 2019
 D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Feb 11, 2019
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Feb 11, 2019
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Feb 11, 2019
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Feb 11, 2019
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 11, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1137: To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to repeal the authority relating to reprogramming during national emergencies.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1137/
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"H.R. 1137: To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to repeal the authority relating to reprogramming during national emergencies.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1137/.
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H.R. 1137, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1137/.
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