House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Ben Luján D-NMWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2019
- Committee actionJul 17, 2019
- Passed HouseOct 30, 2019 · 245–174
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 31, 2019 — 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. 2181.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2181, Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019” on September 27, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 17, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55665
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2181, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2181
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-224 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 4, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 4, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/224
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2181, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2181
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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. LUJAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 61, April 9, 2019, Page H3219):Article 1; Section 7Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2181, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2181
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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
10 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 9 Democrats
1 of 10 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Tom Cole (R-OK), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Xochitl Torres Small (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ben Luján.
- H.R. 3682 (116th) Land Grant-Mercedes Traditional Use Recognition and Consultation Act
- H.R. 912 (116th) Esther Martinez Native American Languages Programs Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 1694 (116th) Native American Voting Rights Act of 2019
- H.R. 913 (116th) CLINICAL TREATMENT Act
- H.R. 1277 (116th) State Public Option Act
- H.R. 3783 (116th) Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2019
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.