House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 17, 2019
- Committee actionFeb 12, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 557.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 644.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-673 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 18, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 18, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/673
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 644, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/644
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 9, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f6d5050c4b26cd1ee82bb809db2e8622aee8b275e9735cce3d9c17b830e19394
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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. BISHOP of Utah, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 10, January 17, 2019, Page H719):Article I, Section 8, clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 17, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 644, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/644
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 9, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f6d5050c4b26cd1ee82bb809db2e8622aee8b275e9735cce3d9c17b830e19394
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 (as of December 9, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
John Curtis (R-UT), Ben Luján (D-NM), Ben McAdams (D-UT), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Chris Stewart (R-UT).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rob Bishop.
- H.R. 1225 (116th) Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act
- H.R. 1601 (116th) Daylight Act
- H.R. 5493 (116th) To prohibit the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from awarding grants to entities that fund or support gross…
- H.Res. 845 (116th) Recognizing that international education and exchange programs further national security and foreign policy priorities, enhance economic…
- H.R. 1664 (116th) National Monument CAP Act
- H.J.Res. 32 (116th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to give States the authority to repeal Federal rules and regulations when…
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.