House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 6, 2017
- Committee actionApr 11, 2018
- Passed HouseJun 25, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4257.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4257, Advancing Conservation and Education Act” on August 20, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 25, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 20, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54389
- CBO publication date
- August 20, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4257, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4257
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEWART, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 180, November 6, 2017, Page H8522):Tenth Amendment, United States Constitution 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 November 6, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 242 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4257, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4257
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d52533457eefb5fe2ccc063568d650ab1d0d4d154af919a88b9a0ea9608009b7
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 committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4257, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
John Curtis (R-UT), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jared Polis (D-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Stewart.
- H.R. 2345 (115th) National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018
- H.R. 754 (115th) Anwar Sadat Centennial Celebration Act
- H.R. 1096 (115th) Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2017
- H.R. 2423 (115th) Washington County, Utah, Public Lands Management Implementation Act
- H.R. 5597 (115th) Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan Expansion Act, Washington County, Utah
- H.R. 2771 (115th) Outdoor Recreation Enhancement 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.