House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Paul Cook R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 5, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 376.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COOK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 4, January 9, 2019, Page H359):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 376, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/376
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 9, 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 9, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 376, last updated December 9, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Paul Cook.
- H.R. 255 (116th) Big Bear Land Exchange Act
- H.R. 2128 (116th) Tribal TANF Fairness Act of 2019
- H.R. 2911 (116th) Private Corrado Piccoli Purple Heart Preservation Act
- H.R. 7090 (116th) Coronavirus County Relief and Stability Act
- H.R. 8069 (116th) Protect Conservation Funds Act of 2020
- H.R. 5088 (116th) Reinforcing American-Made Products Act 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.