House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 20, 2019
- Committee actionNov 20, 2019
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 7, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 375.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2854.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2854, Protect Our Refuges Act of 2019” on February 21, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 20, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 21, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56178
- CBO publication date
- February 21, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2854, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2854
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- 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. 116-468 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on August 7, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 7, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/468
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2854, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2854
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
33b2a770433d21b2c2389aa42cb94a79e928e6d4208bc2e9711f84727d9332db
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 84, May 20, 2019, Page H4010):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 20, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2854, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2854
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
33b2a770433d21b2c2389aa42cb94a79e928e6d4208bc2e9711f84727d9332db
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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
45 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 44 Democrats
1 of 45 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA) and 15 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nydia Velázquez.
- H.R. 683 (116th) PRRADA
- H.R. 277 (116th) ASCEND Act of 2019
- H.R. 5078 (116th) Prison to Proprietorship Act
- H.R. 226 (116th) Clarity on Small Business Participation in Category Management Act of 2019
- H.R. 227 (116th) Incentivizing Fairness in Subcontracting Act
- H.R. 4299 (116th) Data Preservation Act of 2020
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.