House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Albatross and Petrel Conservation Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 9, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4480.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LOWENTHAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 21, February 4, 2016, Page H591):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4480, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4480
- 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
31 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 30 Democrats
1 of 31 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Denny Heck (D-WA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), William Keating (D-MA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA) and 1 more.
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.