House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 30, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 30, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7285.
- 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. 168, No. 56, March 30, 2022, Page H4006):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 30, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7285, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7285
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0244070b7e9a4448b25457b279e2d37e03b2900555ebed6486fb78b369f0fccb
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. 7285, 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
22 cosponsors — 22 Republicans
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Troy Balderson (R-OH), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Garret Graves (R-LA), Yvette Herrell (R-NM), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Blake Moore (R-UT), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Matthew Rosendale (R-MT), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jerry Carl.
- H.R. 1445 (117th) American Heritage Protection Act of 2021
- H.R. 6148 (117th) Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act
- 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.