House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Lumbee Fairness Act
Official title: To amend the Lumbee Act of 1956.
Sponsor: Rep. David Rouzer R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 16, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 474.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROUZER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 9, January 16, 2025, Page H222):Article I, Section VIIISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 23 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 474, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/474
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 February 4, 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 — 6 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 11 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Don Bacon (R-NE), Donald Davis (D-NC), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Mark Harris (R-NC), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Addison McDowell (R-NC), Tim Moore (R-NC), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Deborah Ross (D-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Rouzer.
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- H.R. 192 (119th) Amtrak Executive Bonus Disclosure Act
- H.R. 5688 (119th) Non-Domiciled CDL Integrity Act
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Related bills
- S. 107 (119th) Lumbee Fairness ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.