House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 26, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 7, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4988.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SOUTHERLAND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H5818-H5819):SUCH AS Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill. 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 August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 414 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4988, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4988
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2240ef7b8d85dbf69ec9b2215a8d3a619c1d3aa83bab7240a62b155e79cc7a15
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4988, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
16 cosponsors — 16 Republicans
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Andy Harris (R-MD), Walter Jones (R-NC), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Ted Yoho (R-FL), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.