House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Cultural Resource Challenge Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 10, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7936.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TONKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 61, April 10, 2024, Page H2291):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill supports the enhancement of cultural resources stewardship and historic preservation by the National Park Service.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 302 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7936, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7936
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 11, 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 December 11, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), James McGovern (D-MA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Lori Trahan (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Paul Tonko.
- H.R. 619 (118th) NAPA Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 4893 (118th) Scientific Integrity Act
- H.R. 2400 (118th) Reentry Act of 2023
- H.R. 3073 (118th) Community Mental Wellness and Resilience Act of 2023
- H.R. 2982 (118th) New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act
- H.Res. 177 (118th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Engineers Week.
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.