House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Pacific Northwest Gray Wolves Relief Act of 2025
Official title: To require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a final rule relating to gray wolves.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 8, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5171.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BENTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 146, September 8, 2025, Page H3893):This bill will delist the Gray Wolf from the Endangered Species Act in the following states of Oregon and Washington.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 117 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5171, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5171
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 16, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Michael Simpson (R-ID).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cliff Bentz.
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- H.R. 9337 (119th) Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act
- H.R. 5133 (119th) Patients’ Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2025
- H.R. 1777 (119th) SECURE Notarization Act of 2025
- H.R. 7862 (119th) National Flood Insurance Program Clarification Act of 2026
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.