House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
American Land and Property Protection Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 6, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7246.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 21, February 6, 2024, Page H503):Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence The single subject of this legislation is: Protection of U.S. homeland public and private real estateSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 249 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7246, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7246
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 26, 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 November 26, 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
9 cosponsors — 9 Republicans
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), August Pfluger (R-TX), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 530 (118th) A–PLUS 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.