House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act
Sponsor: Rep. Jerry Carl R-ALWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 7, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6148.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 211, December 7, 2021, Page H7262):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 7, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6148, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6148
- 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.
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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
8 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Mo Brooks (R-AL), Garret Graves (R-LA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Barry Moore (R-AL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jerry Carl.
- H.R. 7285 (117th) Unleashing American Energy Act
- H.R. 1445 (117th) American Heritage Protection Act of 2021
- H.R. 2131 (117th) Gulf Conservation and Recreation Funding Act
- H.Res. 487 (117th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives the President of the United States should remove Dr. Anthony Fauci from his positions…
- H.R. 7200 (117th) No Pensions for Lying Bureaucrats Act
- H.R. 5969 (117th) Border Security is National Security 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.