House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
America’s Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 20, 2024
- Committee actionApr 16, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2024 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 754.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7408.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-922 ↗. 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/922
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7408, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7408
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
97daadd70afc09eef6db158637afc0e4547af56deb6367a0c624277deb59b8be
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WESTERMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 32, February 20, 2024, Page H687):Article I of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To recover species currently listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) or under state law and to prevent the need to list species under the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) or under state law.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 20, 2024 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 336 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7408, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7408
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
97daadd70afc09eef6db158637afc0e4547af56deb6367a0c624277deb59b8be
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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
22 cosponsors — 22 Republicans
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Curtis (R-UT), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), James Moylan (R-GU), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Matthew Rosendale (R-MT), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Robert Wittman (R-VA), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
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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.