House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Ralph David Abernathy, Sr. National Historic Site Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 21, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 737.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 21, February 1, 2023, Page H630):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Establishing an unit of the National Park System to preserve, protect, and interpret for the benefit of present and future generations through legislation.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 1, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 254 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 737, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/737
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 11, 2025
- 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 December 11, 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
43 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 41 Democrats
2 of 43 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Cori Bush (D-MO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Mark Pocan (D-WI) and 13 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.