House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
CORE Act of 2025
Official title: To enhance national security and energy independence through comprehensive offshore energy resource assessment and mapping, to establish a framework for the regular review and standardization of offshore resource exploration methodologies, and for related purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Wesley Hunt R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 1, 2025
- Committee actionJun 25, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 25, 2025 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 18.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2556.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2556, CORE Act of 2025” on August 31, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 25, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 31, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62743
- CBO publication date
- August 31, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2556, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2556
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 31, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. HUNT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 58, April 1, 2025, Page H1405):Article 1, Section 8, clauses 1 & 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 35 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2556, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2556
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 31, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6b6fde7c1574a8fddf11df4f371e25c66308874c2b003eecd9112d436f3a730e
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 31, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2556, last updated August 31, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Wesley Hunt.
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- H.R. 6194 (119th) Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act of 2025
- H.R. 2599 (119th) POWER Act of 2025
- H.R. 6035 (119th) Second Amendment Restoration Act of 2025
- H.R. 3591 (119th) Carla Walker Act
- H.J.Res. 146 (119th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring Members of Congress to demonstrate competence in American civics.
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.