House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 25, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7198.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BOURDEAUX, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 53, March 24, 2022, Page H3864):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7198, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7198
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c1688c5b32f01dd408697924c12acc1a529457b31f79ac7284c1ee68026a36b2
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7198, last updated December 5, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), David Scott (D-GA), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux.
- H.R. 1799 (117th) PPP Extension Act of 2021
- H.R. 4595 (117th) Medicaid Saves Lives Act
- H.R. 5041 (117th) GREATER Revitalization of Shopping Centers Act of 2021
- H.R. 3566 (117th) National and Regional Greenways Act
- H.Res. 917 (117th) Condemning the atrocities that occurred in Forsyth County, Georgia, in 1912 in which over 1,100 Black Americans were terrorized and driven…
- H.R. 3334 (117th) BUS 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.