House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 3, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 3, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6212.
- 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. 182, November 3, 2023, Page H5404):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Prevent oil and gas drilling and exploration, from occurring off the coast of Florida through 2032.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 3, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 198 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6212, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6212
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6212, last updated July 24, 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
18 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 18 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Brian Mast (R-FL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Bill Posey (R-FL), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-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.