House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Small Cemetery Conveyance Act
Official title: To amend the Small Tract Act of 1983 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey, without consideration, certain cemeteries, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 2, 2025
- Committee actionDec 17, 2025
- Passed HouseMar 16, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 17, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4284.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4284, Small Cemetery Conveyance Act” on February 27, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 14, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 27, 2026 ↗
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62190
- CBO publication date
- February 27, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4284, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4284
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-454 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on January 14, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 14, 2026 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/454
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4284, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4284
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 114, July 2, 2025, Page H3189):Article IV, Section 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 2, 2025 ↗
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- H.R. 4284, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4284
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
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