House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
To rename the Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge as the Congressman Lester Wolff National Wildlife Refuge.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 8, 2018
- Committee actionSep 26, 2018
- Passed HouseNov 13, 2018 · 385–4
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 14, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6064.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6064, a bill to rename the Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge as the Congressman Lester Wolff National Wildlife Refuge” on October 2, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 26, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 2, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54537
- CBO publication date
- October 2, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6064, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6064
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-986 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 12, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 12, 2018 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/986
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6064, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6064
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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. SUOZZI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 95, June 8, 2018, Page H5022):Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall. be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 8, 2018 ↗
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- Statement length
- 304 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6064, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6064
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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
23 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 16 Democrats
7 of 23 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), John Faso (R-NY), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), John Katko (R-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Tom Reed (R-NY), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
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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.