House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-168
Keep America's Refuges Operational Act
Became law on Apr 23, 2018.
Sponsor: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 5, 2017
- Committee actionNov 29, 2017
- Passed HouseDec 18, 2017 · 371–14
- Passed SenateApr 9, 2018 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentApr 11, 2018
- Became lawApr 23, 2018
Latest action: Apr 23, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-168.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3979.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3979, Keep America’s Refuges Operational Act” on December 6, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 30, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 6, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53374
- CBO publication date
- December 6, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3979, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3979
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-438 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 5, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 5, 2017 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/438
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3979, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3979
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JEFFRIES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 160, October 5, 2017, Page H7888):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 5, 2017 ↗
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- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3979, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3979
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
17 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 5 Democrats
12 of 17 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Doug Collins (R-GA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Garret Graves (R-LA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jody Hice (R-GA), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
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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.