House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act
Official title: To provide for the protection of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and interconnected Federal lands and waters, including Voyageurs National Park, within the Rainy River Watershed in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 2025
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Latest action: Jan 21, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 588.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. McCOLLUM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 12, January 21, 2025, Page H258):Pursuant to Article I Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 51 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 588, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/588
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
41 cosponsors — 41 Democrats
0 of 41 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Kelly Morrison (D-MN), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Betty McCollum.
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- H.Res. 613 (119th) Expressing support for July to be designated as "Disability Pride Month".
- H.R. 8016 (119th) Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act of 2026
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.