House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
CONTAINER Act
Official title: To authorize certain States to take certain actions on certain Federal land to secure an international border of the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. David Rouzer R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 20, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 534.
- 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 H223):Article I, Section VIII of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 534, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/534
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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.
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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
9 cosponsors — 9 Republicans
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Troy Nehls (R-TX), August Pfluger (R-TX), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- S. 157 (119th) CONTAINER 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.