House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 14, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2562.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BENTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 65, April 15, 2021, Page H1843):Clause 8 of article 1 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2562, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2562
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 24, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8b47bb5b143f6859b20a482ad4924608e0fe896429ac65b7f8d018a7171aa79f
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 24, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2562, last updated January 24, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 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 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cliff Bentz.
- H.R. 5705 (117th) To make technical amendments to update statutory references to provisions reclassified to title 34, United States Code.
- H.R. 7616 (117th) To reduce the amount made available to the National Archives and Records Administration unless certain backlogs of the Administration are…
- H.R. 4623 (117th) Commonsense Coordination Act
- H.R. 6019 (117th) Northern Spotted Owl Habitat Improvement Act of 2021
- H.R. 5708 (117th) To codify certain regulations relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
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.