House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

Sovereign State Environmental Quality Assurance Act

H.R. 10549Introduced Dec 20, 2024Policy area: Environmental Protection

Where it went

IntroducedDec 20, 2024
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Dec 20, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10549.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 190, December 20, 2024, Page H7415):
Under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof'' The single subject of this legislation is: To abolish the Environmental Protection Agency.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 20, 2024 ↗
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 25, 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

10 cosponsors — 10 Republicans

0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Bob Good (R-VA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Bill Posey (R-FL), Matthew Rosendale (R-MT), Keith Self (R-TX).

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Clay Higgins.

Sponsor’s state and district

Louisiana in Congress · LA-3 district

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.