House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 29, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 12, 2024 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Lieu asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 7840, a bill originally introduced by Representative Jackson Lee, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7840.
- 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. 54, March 29, 2024, Page H2129):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1, 3 and 18 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit the taking for a trophy of any endangered or threatened species of fish or wildlife in the United States and the importation of endangered and threatened species trophies into the United States, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 29, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 463 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7840, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7840
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ca6efb265a29ff5dedbd1def00fe09bff31445874073c7456e4e83653dc102a8
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. 7840, 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
19 cosponsors — 19 Democrats
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sean Casten (D-IL), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), 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), Dina Titus (D-NV), David Trone (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
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- H.R. 8525 (118th) George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2024
- H.R. 40 (118th) Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
- H.R. 4965 (118th) Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act
- 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.