Senate bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Land Grant-Mercedes Traditional Use Recognition and Consultation Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 10, 2021
- Committee actionJul 21, 2022
- Passed SenateDec 22, 2022 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 23, 2022 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2708.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 117-242 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on December 12, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 12, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/SRPT/242
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2708, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/2708
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- S.Res. 672 (117th) A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 2022 as "Stroke Awareness Month".
- S.Res. 254 (117th) A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 2021 as "Mental Health Awareness Month".
- S. 1880 (117th) Protecting Indian Tribes from Scams 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.