House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Recovering America's Wildlife Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 14, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 15, 2018 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4647.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FORTENBERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 204, December 14, 2017, Page H9940):The constitutional authority for this bill is pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 14, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4647, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4647
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 11, 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
116 cosponsors — 51 Republicans, 64 Democrats, 1 independent
65 of 116 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Karen Bass (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Ted Budd (R-NC), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX), James Cooper (D-TN), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Daniel Donovan (R-NY) and 86 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jeff Fortenberry.
- H.R. 4819 (115th) DELTA Act
- H.R. 3687 (115th) Farm to School Act of 2017
- H.R. 3251 (115th) National Discovery Trails Act
- H.R. 1221 (115th) International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Authorization Act of 2017
- H.Con.Res. 32 (115th) Congratulating the State of Nebraska on the 150th anniversary of the admission of that State into the United States.
- H.R. 7038 (115th) CHILD 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.