House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedAug 15, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 16, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5216.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGOVERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 136, August 15, 2023, Page H4187):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Conservation.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 15, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 112 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5216, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5216
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d58fa1fc1ab2c15fcfef8dbe343e87f424e642a13293f7dc54fbb83c3d66b054
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 December 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5216, last updated December 11, 2025. 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Democrats
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), James Himes (D-CT), Ann Kuster (D-NH), John Larson (D-CT), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Richard Neal (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James McGovern.
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- H.Res. 77 (118th) Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
- H.R. 6780 (118th) Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act
- H.R. 4034 (118th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for wigs as durable medical equipment under the Medicare program, and…
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.