House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 9, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 23, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1483.
- 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. 163, No. 41, March 9, 2017, Page H2020):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 the power of Congress to provide 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 March 9, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 579 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1483, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1483
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
541adc76c9c2378db163a69289337b19dcd314116b1abd5263956a1b6260b8aa
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 December 5, 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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Scott Tipton (R-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Simpson.
- H.R. 5895 (115th) Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019
- H.R. 1482 (115th) To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at…
- H.R. 3266 (115th) Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018
- H.R. 4134 (115th) Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness Redesignation Act
- H.R. 2862 (115th) Wildfire Disaster Funding Act
- H.R. 5210 (115th) National Park Restoration Act
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.