House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
To amend chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, to fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund and provide for the use of such funds, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Simpson R-IDWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 1, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4151.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SIMPSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 173, December 1, 2015, Page H8860):``The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States) and clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress), and Article IV, section 3, clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States).'' ____________________Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 1, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 581 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4151, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4151
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 24, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 January 24, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
20 cosponsors — 20 Republicans
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Chris Collins (R-NY), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Robert Dold (R-IL), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Frank Guinta (R-NH), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Evan Jenkins (R-WV), David Joyce (R-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), David Reichert (R-WA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Lee Zeldin (R-NY), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Simpson.
- H.R. 812 (114th) Indian Trust Asset Reform Act
- H.R. 1138 (114th) Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act
- H.R. 2028 (114th) Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017
- H.R. 5055 (114th) Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017
- H.R. 167 (114th) Wildfire Disaster Funding Act
- H.Res. 416 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives recognizing community water fluoridation as one of the great public health…
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.