House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Castner Range National Monument Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 16, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 19, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4268.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. O'ROURKE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 183, December 16, 2015, Page H9375):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Office thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 16, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 287 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4268, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4268
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 August 12, 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
13 cosponsors — 13 Democrats
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Sam Farr (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Filemon Vela (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Beto O'Rourke.
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- H.R. 1084 (114th) 21st Century SCASDP Act
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.