House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 19, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 22, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6059.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARAMENDI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 202, November 19, 2021, Page H6670):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 19, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 101 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6059, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6059
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
332d552f761c2600b7725f2151a181cab16e8693b863b607b306b05237e0baeb
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. 6059, 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
56 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 50 Democrats
6 of 56 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jesús García (D-IL), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), James Himes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Kaiali'i Kahele (D-HI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Garamendi.
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- H.R. 4996 (117th) Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021
- H.R. 4315 (117th) Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2021
- H.R. 2214 (117th) Military Retiree Survivor Comfort Act
- H.R. 1819 (117th) Energizing American Shipbuilding Act of 2021
- H.R. 1918 (117th) Student Loan Refinancing and Recalculation 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.