House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

FOREST Act of 2023

H.R. 6515Introduced Nov 30, 2023Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Sponsor: Rep. Earl Blumenauer D-OR

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Where it went

IntroducedNov 30, 2023
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6515.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BLUMENAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 197, November 30, 2023, Page H6050):
Clause 3 of Article Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Trade
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 30, 2023 ↗
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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

30 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 29 Democrats

1 of 30 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.

Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Earl Blumenauer.

Sponsor’s state and district

Oregon in Congress · OR-3 district

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