House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Forest Recovery Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 28, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1444.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 37, February 28, 2019, Page H2316):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1444, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1444
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1444, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 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
40 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 40 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Doug Collins (R-GA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Neal Dunn (R-FL), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Tom Graves (R-GA), Michael Guest (R-MS), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jody Hice (R-GA), J. Hill (R-AR), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Al Lawson (D-FL), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Brian Mast (R-FL), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Martha Roby (R-AL), Mike Rogers (R-AL), John Rutherford (R-FL) and 10 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.