1HOUSE · SEP 14, 2026
Passed the House
345–60PASSED
R 138–60 D 206–0 I 1–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll 297 · 27 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act of 2026
This bill puts the Urban Bird Treaty Program into law. Run by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the program works with communities, including through grants, to conserve birds that live in or migrate through cities.
Official title: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Urban Bird Treaty Program.
Sponsor: Rep. Debbie Dingell D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2025
- Committee actionJun 10, 2026
- Passed HouseSep 14, 2026 · 345–60
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 15, 2026 — 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. 3276.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3276, Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act of 2026” on September 28, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House on September 14, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 28, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62806
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3276, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3276
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 28, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-758 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on August 20, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/758
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3276, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3276
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 28, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 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 Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 77, May 8, 2025, Page H1945):The Constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 8, 2025 ↗
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- 137 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3276, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3276
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 28, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 3276. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
21 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 18 Democrats
3 of 21 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Wesley Bell (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Ben Cline (R-VA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Ro Khanna (D-CA), John Larson (D-CT), George Latimer (D-NY), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Dina Titus (D-NV), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell.
- H.R. 2290 (119th) World War II Women's Memorial Location Act
- H.R. 1917 (119th) Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025
- H.R. 3858 (119th) Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2025
- H.R. 3184 (119th) PFAS Alternatives Act
- H.R. 929 (119th) Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 3037 (119th) Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.