House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
To ensure that Big Cypress National Preserve may not be designated as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2025
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Latest action: Feb 11, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1192.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 28, February 11, 2025, Page H645):Congress is granted the authority to introduce and enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 132 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1192, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1192
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
18 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 18 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Brian Mast (R-FL), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), John Rutherford (R-FL), Maria Salazar (R-FL), W. Steube (R-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Franklin.
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Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.