House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2024
- Committee actionNov 20, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2024 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 753.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6994.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-921 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 19, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 19, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/921
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6994, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6994
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIM of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 8, January 16, 2024, Page H148):Article I, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: To require the reopening of covered recreation sites closed due to a natural disaster, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2024 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 175 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6994, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6994
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bfe488d96dd8da45d0a15b0a848209c2a0b239c910cccebf48366e173ddb2fe4
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI).
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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.