House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2023
- Committee actionMay 17, 2023
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2024 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 757.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2989.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2989, Save Our Sequoias Act” on August 29, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 17, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 29, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59533
- CBO publication date
- August 29, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2989, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2989
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- 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. 118-927 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 19, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 19, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/927
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2989, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2989
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 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. McCARTHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 72, April 28, 2023, Page H2119):Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To improve the health and resiliency of giant sequoias.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 201 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2989, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2989
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9241869debc5862966927b9a9cc68b95b1c1aa0a4d637dff80b56a41823ac66d
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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
57 cosponsors — 30 Republicans, 26 Democrats, 1 independent
26 of 57 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), John Curtis (R-UT), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), John Duarte (R-CA), Vince Fong (R-CA), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), John Garamendi (D-CA), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Garret Graves (R-LA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Josh Harder (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Jeff Jackson (D-NC), Kevin Kiley (I-CA), Young Kim (R-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Michael Lawler (R-NY) and 27 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin McCarthy.
- H.Res. 11 (118th) Establishing the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.
- H.Res. 328 (118th) Authorizing video recording in the House Chamber during a joint meeting of Congress for certain educational purposes.
- H.Res. 523 (118th) Authorizing video recording in the House Chamber during a joint meeting of Congress for certain educational purposes.
- H.Res. 593 (118th) Authorizing video recording in the House Chamber during a joint meeting of Congress for certain educational purposes.
- H.R. 6068 (118th) Clergy Act
- H.R. 5617 (118th) Space Transformation And Reliability 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.