House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Hershel Woody Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 19, 2023
- Committee actionJul 26, 2023
- Passed HouseNov 8, 2023 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 2024 — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-336.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2717.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2717, Hershel “Woody” Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act” on August 16, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 26, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 16, 2023 ↗
Evidence
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59502
- CBO publication date
- August 16, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2717, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2717
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-267 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 3, 2023.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 3, 2023 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/267
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2717, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2717
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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. MOORE of Utah, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 65, April 19, 2023, Page H1887):Article 1 Section 8 and Article 4 Section 3 Clause 2 The single subject of this legislation is: The creation of a monument to the Medal of Honor on the National MallSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 19, 2023 ↗
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- Statement length
- 165 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2717, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2717
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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
34 cosponsors — 26 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 34 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Jerry Carl (R-AL), John Curtis (R-UT), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Russell Fry (R-SC), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Mike Levin (D-CA), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Carol Miller (R-WV), Joe Neguse (D-CO), August Pfluger (R-TX), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Pete Stauber (R-MN) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Blake Moore.
- H.R. 9716 (118th) Increasing Baseline Updates Act
- H.R. 6127 (118th) MAPWaters Act
- H.Res. 1322 (118th) Electing a Member to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 908 (118th) Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 948 (118th) Providing for a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 949 (118th) To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled.
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.