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H.R. 1948119th CongressWater Resources Development
To authorize the International Boundary and Water Commission to accept funds for activities relating to wastewater treatment and flood control works, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by Rep. Scott H. Peters (D-CA) · 10 active : 4 Republicans, 6 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedJun 9, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govThis bill authorizes the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico (USIBWC) to accept funds to study, design, construct, operate, or maintain wastewater treatment works, water conservation projects, or flood control works, and related structures. The USIBWC is a federal government agency and the U.S. component of the International Boundary and Water Commission, which applies the boundary and water treaties of the United States and Mexico and settles differences that may arise in their application.
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The USIBWC may not provide credit towards the nonfederal share of project costs, or reimbursement, to nonfederal entities in an amount that exceeds $5 million in any fiscal year.
Further, the USIBWC may not accept funds from any nonfederal entity that (1) is domiciled in, headquartered in, or organized under the laws of a foreign country of concern (e.g., China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran); or (2) has in place any agreement with a foreign country of concern.
Any funds accepted by the USIBWC must be deposited into the account titled
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico
.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · HouseReported by · Markup by · Discharged from · Referred to
- Water Resources and Environment · HouseReferred to
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Floods and storm protection
- Latin America
- Mexico
- Water quality
- Water resources funding
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 67Middle 30–70
- 24Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
10 activeShow all 10 cosponsors
- Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2)
- Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3)
- Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6)
- Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20)
- Juan Vargas (D-CA-52)
- Mike Levin (D-CA-49)
- Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1)
- Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51)
- Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
