House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the U.S. National Poultry Research Center of the Department of Agriculture located in Athens, Georgia, as the "Abit Massey Poultry Research Center".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 2, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 2, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9242.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 127, August 2, 2024, Page H4972):Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To designate the U.S. National Poultry Research Center of the Department of Agriculture located in Athens, Georgia, as the ``Abit Massey Poultry Research Center''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 2, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 246 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9242, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9242
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 12, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 — 7 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 12 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Mike Collins (R-GA), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Austin Scott (R-GA), David Scott (D-GA), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
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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.