House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act
Sponsor: Rep. Dan Benishek R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 2, 2011
- Committee actionNov 17, 2011
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 19, 2012 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 442.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2834.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2834, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act” on December 22, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 17, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 22, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42838
- CBO publication date
- December 22, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2834, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2834
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-609 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 19, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 19, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/609
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2834, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2834
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BENISHEK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5936):Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2. The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 326 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2834, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2834
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
58 cosponsors — 55 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 58 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Steve Austria (R-OH), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Dan Boren (D-OK), Paul Broun (R-GA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Andy Harris (R-MD), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Jack Kingston (R-GA), John Kline (R-MN), Tom Latham (R-IA) and 28 more.
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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.