House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 12, 2023
- Committee actionOct 25, 2023
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 25, 2024 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 606.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4587.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4587, Red Snapper Act of 2023” on March 25, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 26, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 25, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60136
- CBO publication date
- March 25, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4587, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4587
- 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. 118-717 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 25, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 25, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/717
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4587, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4587
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8f58cdc371ec79eed1aeb4d9d7b7c948d472178b6f4147f4d2fa012f132fb4be
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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. RUTHERFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 119, July 12, 2023, Page H3478):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Preventing NOAA from implementing bottom closures on fishing in the South Atlantic until certian conditions are met.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 12, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 214 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4587, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4587
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8f58cdc371ec79eed1aeb4d9d7b7c948d472178b6f4147f4d2fa012f132fb4be
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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
17 cosponsors — 17 Republicans
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Aaron Bean (R-FL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Neal Dunn (R-FL), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Garret Graves (R-LA), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Austin Scott (R-GA), W. Steube (R-FL), William Timmons (R-SC), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Rutherford.
Sponsor’s state and district
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.