House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Cormorant Relief Act of 2025
Official title: To require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue certain regulations relating to the taking of double-crested cormorants at aquaculture facilities.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Ezell R-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 2025
- Committee actionJul 15, 2025
- Passed HouseDec 9, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 10, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2293.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2293, Cormorant Relief Act of 2025” on September 29, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 15, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 29, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61778
- CBO publication date
- September 29, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2293, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2293
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-285 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 15, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2025 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/285
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2293, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2293
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
648276f19d5e71dc011bed1c6eebc748d9163ca179cb52a021d93d20726bd3ac
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EZELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 53, March 24, 2025, Page H1219):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2293, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2293
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
648276f19d5e71dc011bed1c6eebc748d9163ca179cb52a021d93d20726bd3ac
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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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Michael Guest (R-MS), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Ezell.
- H.R. 2294 (119th) To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009.
- H.R. 6995 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 825 Highway 198 in Beaumont, Mississippi, as the "Jeremy Malone…
- H.Con.Res. 30 (119th) Expressing support for local law enforcement officers.
- H.R. 152 (119th) Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act
- H.R. 153 (119th) Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act
- H.R. 5745 (119th) Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act
Related bills
- S. 1255 (119th) Cormorant Relief Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.