House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
PROTECT Florida Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 25, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 29, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5707.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUTHERFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 187, October 25, 2021, Page H5872):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 25, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5707, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5707
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5707, last updated January 3, 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
14 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 14 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Val Demings (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Brian Mast (R-FL), Bill Posey (R-FL), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Michael Waltz (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Rutherford.
- H.R. 2107 (117th) Nation’s Oldest Port National Heritage Area Act
- H.R. 3079 (117th) Protect and Serve Act of 2021
- H.R. 3172 (117th) HELPER Act of 2021
- H.R. 1022 (117th) PAWS Act of 2021
- H.R. 9373 (117th) To provide that the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall not issue an interim or final rule that…
- H.R. 4487 (117th) SAVE North Atlantic Right Whales Act of 2021
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.