House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 2, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 528.
- 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 (Vol. 161, No. 12, January 26, 2015, Page H583):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, Congressional Record January 26, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 326 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 528, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/528
- 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
43 cosponsors — 43 Republicans
0 of 43 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Andy Barr (R-KY), Diane Black (R-TN), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Chris Collins (R-NY), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), J. Forbes (R-VA), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Frank Guinta (R-NH), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), John Kline (R-MN), Luke Messer (R-IN), Candice Miller (R-MI), Jeff Miller (R-FL), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Mike Pompeo (R-KS), Bill Posey (R-FL), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Tom Rice (R-SC), David Roe (R-TN) and 13 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.