House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Preserve Geographic Names Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 7, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7303.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN DREW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 22, February 7, 2024, Page H538):Article 1 Sec. 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To abolish the Board on Geographic Names and repeal the provisions of the Act of July 25, 1947 establishing such Board.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 179 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7303, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7303
- 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jerry Carl (R-AL), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Barry Moore (R-AL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jefferson Van Drew.
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- H.R. 9382 (118th) Alpha-gal Allergen Inclusion Act
- H.R. 4951 (118th) Ensuring Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act
- H.R. 5857 (118th) No IDs for Illegals 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.