House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve Act
Official title: To provide for the designation of Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Tiffany R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 18, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 11, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 11, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 17.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5497.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5497, Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve Act” on February 23, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 11, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62168
- CBO publication date
- February 23, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5497, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5497
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 15, 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 Mr. TIFFANY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 153, September 18, 2025, Page H4457):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5497, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5497
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c2a9ff5481f182080bfb2db6c8046498ba41c14622d9edda8f3961d5831fd8c2
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of June 15, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Tony Wied (R-WI).
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Related bills
- H.R. 9171 (119th) Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027Related 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.