House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 18, 2023
- Committee actionNov 20, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 12, 2024 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 705.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2685.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-864 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 12, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 12, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/864
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2685, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2685
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. OWENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 64, April 18, 2023, Page H1847):Article 1, section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Grant support for domestic mining educationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 18, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 107 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2685, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2685
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fcf0ff75258df5022b96067cd6c66c6e697d3b0a685c3850003ea96cfa01abdc
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 (as of December 5, 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
24 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 24 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Mike Bost (R-IL), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Jim Costa (D-CA), John Curtis (R-UT), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Carol Miller (R-WV), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Matthew Rosendale (R-MT), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Robert Wittman (R-VA), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Burgess Owens.
- H.R. 2468 (118th) Mountain View Corridor Completion Act
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- H.R. 3724 (118th) End Woke Higher Education Act
- H.Res. 798 (118th) Condemning the support of Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations at institutions of higher education, which may lead to the…
- H.R. 4144 (118th) FAIR Act
- H.R. 887 (118th) Securing Our Students Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.