House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
National Park Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2022
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 10, 2022
- Committee actionJul 13, 2022
- Passed HouseJul 19, 2022 · 397–22
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 20, 2022 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7693.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-418 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 18, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 18, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/418
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7693, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7693
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
65984ac6d9675e397c8fb540368d840c2b2ea4b8603f10b4b6b6afa465a7178a
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WESTERMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 78, May 10, 2022, Page H4798):Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the following statement is submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution. Congress has the authority to enact this legislation pursuant to the powers granted under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 10, 2022 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 394 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7693, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7693
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
65984ac6d9675e397c8fb540368d840c2b2ea4b8603f10b4b6b6afa465a7178a
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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
52 cosponsors — 26 Republicans, 26 Democrats
26 of 52 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Ed Case (D-HI), Eric Crawford (R-AR), John Curtis (R-UT), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), David Joyce (R-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Susie Lee (D-NV), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), David McKinley (R-WV), Peter Meijer (R-MI), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Blake Moore (R-UT), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and 22 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.