House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Calumet National Heritage Area Act
Official title: To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage Area System the Calumet National Heritage Area in the States of Indiana and Illinois, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Robin Kelly D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6798.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KELLY of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 213, December 17, 2025, Page H6024):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6798, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6798
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 10, 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 — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Sean Casten (D-IL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
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Related bills
- S. 3501 (119th) Calumet National Heritage Area 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.