House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Benjamin Harrison National Recreation Area and Wilderness Establishment Act of 2024
Sponsor: Rep. Erin Houchin R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 3, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8535.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HOUCHIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 90, May 23, 2024, Page H3524):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To establish the Benjamin Harrison National Recreation Area and Wilderness in the State of Indiana, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 187 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8535, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8535
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 24, 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 January 24, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Erin Houchin.
- H.R. 8932 (118th) FAFSA Deadline Act
- H.Res. 1052 (118th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2799) to make reforms to the capital markets of the United States, and for other purposes…
- H.Res. 1194 (118th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6192) to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy…
- H.Res. 1243 (118th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4763) to provide for a system of regulation of digital assets by the Commodity Futures…
- H.Res. 1455 (118th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3724) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit recognized accrediting agencies…
- H.Res. 241 (118th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5) to ensure the rights of parents are honored and protected in the Nation's public schools.
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.