House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Southern Maryland National Heritage Area Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2021
- Committee actionOct 13, 2021
- Passed HouseJul 19, 2022
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 20, 2022 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2024.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2024, National Park Service Legislation” on January 31, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 13, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 31, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57804
- CBO publication date
- January 31, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2024, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2024
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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. 117-409 ↗. 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/409
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2024, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2024
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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. HOYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 51, March 18, 2021, Page H1583):U.S. Constitution, Article ISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2021 ↗
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- 28 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2024, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2024
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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
No cosponsors.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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