House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
SPEAR Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 18, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 18, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7037.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLAGHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 10, January 18, 2024, Page H241):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To exempt Wisconsin from any listing of the lake sturgeon under the Endangered Species Act.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 18, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 155 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7037, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7037
- 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.
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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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Gallagher.
- H.R. 7521 (118th) Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
- H.R. 5917 (118th) Strengthening Tools to Counter the Use of Human Shields Act
- H.R. 915 (118th) Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act
- H.R. 4577 (118th) Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act
- H.R. 1803 (118th) CURD Act
- H.R. 4545 (118th) Retroactive Foreign Agents Registration Act
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.