House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Carla Walker Act
Official title: To establish a grant program for certain State and local forensic activities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Wesley Hunt R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 23, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3591.
- 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. 88, May 23, 2025, Page H2368):Article 1, Section 8, clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3591, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3591
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 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 11, 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
11 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 11 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Mark Harris (R-NC), Barry Moore (R-AL), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Ann Wagner (R-MO).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Wesley Hunt.
- H.R. 3592 (119th) Protect LNG Act of 2025
- H.R. 6194 (119th) Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act of 2025
- H.R. 2556 (119th) CORE Act of 2025
- H.R. 2599 (119th) POWER Act of 2025
- H.R. 6035 (119th) Second Amendment Restoration Act of 2025
- 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.
Related bills
- S. 1890 (119th) Carla Walker ActRelated 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.