House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Improving the Not-So-Great American Outdoors Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8288.
- 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. 166, No. 161, September 17, 2020, Page H4542):Article IV, Section 3, clause 2Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8288, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8288
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 January 3, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rob Bishop.
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- H.R. 644 (116th) Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act of 2020
- H.R. 1601 (116th) Daylight Act
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- H.R. 1664 (116th) National Monument CAP Act
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.