House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
KELP Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 2021
- Committee actionFeb 16, 2022
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 16, 2022 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 415.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4458.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4458, KELP Act” on September 14, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 16, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 14, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58475
- CBO publication date
- September 14, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4458, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4458
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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. 117-574 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 16, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 16, 2022 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/574
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4458, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4458
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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. HUFFMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 125, July 16, 2021, Page H3633):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 16, 2021 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4458, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4458
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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
13 cosponsors — 13 Democrats
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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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.