House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
To authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer certain land, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 2021
- Committee actionMay 26, 2021
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 14, 2022 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 314.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 164.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 164, A bill to authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer certain land, and for other purposes” on December 8, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 26, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 8, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57677
- CBO publication date
- December 8, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 164, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/164
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-407 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 14, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 14, 2022 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/407
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 164, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/164
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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. SOTO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 2, January 4, 2021, Page H55):Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 4, 2021 ↗
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- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 164, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/164
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Charlie Crist (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Mast (R-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Darren Soto.
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- H.R. 160 (117th) Restoring Resilient Reefs Act of 2021
- H.R. 4406 (117th) Supporting Medicaid in the U.S. Territories Act of 2021
- H.R. 3681 (117th) Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2021
- H.R. 1522 (117th) Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.