House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
BELO’S Act
Official title: To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for lifetime National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes for family members of members of the Armed Forces who lost their lives while serving their country.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 13, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2026 — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1682.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EVANS of Colorado, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H919):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1682, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1682
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 17, 2026). 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Jason Crow (D-CO), John James (R-MI), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans.
- H.R. 9340 (119th) Ratepayer Protection Act
- H.R. 6387 (119th) FIRE Act
- H.R. 1679 (119th) Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2025
- H.R. 1681 (119th) Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act
- H.R. 7574 (119th) ELO Realignment and Strategic Engagement Reform Act of 2026
- H.R. 3628 (119th) State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act
Sponsor’s state and district
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.