H.R. 5793 · 118th Congress

Water Access Act

Introduced on Sep 28, 2023 by Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6). 8 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Sep 28, 2023): Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Sep 28, 2023
Cosponsors
8
0 from the other party
Policy area
Water Resources Development
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To appropriate $500 million to the low-income household water assistance program under section 2912 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and for other purposes.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Sep 28, 2023). Public domain.

Water Access Act

This bill provides FY2024 appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program. The program provides grants to assist low-income households with water and wastewater bills.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Debbie DingellD-MI-6Sponsor

Democrats · 8

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Sep 28, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Sep 28, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Sep 28, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  2. CMS ENERGY CORPORATION5 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  3. Entergy Services, LLC5 reports
    $2.7M reported (all issues)
  4. PUGET SOUND ENERGY INC.5 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PUGET SOUND ENERGY INC$1.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. XCEL ENERGY5 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)
  6. Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies2 reports
    $140K reported (all issues)
  7. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANY1 report
    $960K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.