House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Monterey Bay National Heritage Area Study Act
Official title: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land in California as the Monterey Bay National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 23, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 18, 2026 — Subcommittee Hearings Held
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5555.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PANETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 156, September 23, 2025, Page H4494):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5555, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5555
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Salud Carbajal (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sam Liccardo (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA).
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