House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Arctic Watchers Act
Official title: To establish a program to monitor the Arctic region, promote United States interests in that region, and combat Russian, Chinese, and other foreign malign influence in the region.
Sponsor: Rep. William Keating D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2000.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KEATING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 44, March 10, 2025, Page H1068):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2000, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2000
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 June 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2000, last updated June 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
7 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 1 Democrat
6 of 7 cosponsors (86%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Claudia Tenney (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Keating.
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- H.R. 681 (119th) To amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the “Long-Term Leasing Act”), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land in the…
- H.R. 2504 (119th) The U.S.-European Nuclear Energy Cooperation Act of 2025
- H.R. 7016 (119th) No Funds for NATO Invasion Act
- H.R. 10740 (119th) To designate Ukraine under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide certain nationals of Ukraine with continued…
- H.R. 3104 (119th) Ukrainian Adjustment Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.