House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
ProTECT Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 22, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 22, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7795.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JACKSON LEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 51, March 22, 2024, Page H1498):Art I Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Endangered Species ProtectionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 88 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7795, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7795
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c5c08ccb253e64f7ba0ea91ddf663604807968815339d41f28b7ca7155f36f30
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 January 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7795, last updated January 9, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
14 cosponsors — 14 Democrats
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Katherine Clark (D-MA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Darren Soto (D-FL), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
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- H.Res. 1308 (118th) Recognizing June 19, 2024, as this year's observance of the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day.
- H.R. 52 (118th) Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage 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.