House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
To provide for the issuance of a Manatee Semipostal Stamp.
Sponsor: Rep. Darren Soto D-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 23, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 704.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SOTO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 14, January 23, 2025, Page H389):Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution. Directs the USPS to create a semipostal stamp to help fund manatee saving programs.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 128 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 704, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/704
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 1, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of March 1, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 704, last updated March 1, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 1364 (119th) Commemorating 10 years since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
- H.R. 1348 (119th) Venezuelan Adjustment Act
- H.R. 3310 (119th) Venezuela TPS Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.