House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Don Young Veterans Advancing Conservation Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 26, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 24, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4949.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SOTO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 129, July 26, 2023, Page H4033):Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Veteran conservation grant training program.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 144 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4949, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4949
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 21, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 or a committee report (as of June 21, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4949, last updated June 21, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
11 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 5 Democrats
6 of 11 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Garret Graves (R-LA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Mark Takano (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Darren Soto.
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- H.R. 4048 (118th) Venezuelan Adjustment Act
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- H.R. 2855 (118th) Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2023
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.