House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting American History Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to restore interpretive and educational exhibits at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 3, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7763.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 40, March 3, 2026, Page H2369):Article IV, Section 3, clause 2Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7763, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7763
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
aca198bd5cd7d2da931245388f607321c07b9886fc4862c4e00f172e6f26fc4e
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 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7763, last updated March 20, 2026. 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brendan Boyle.
- H.R. 2319 (119th) Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2025
- H.R. 2671 (119th) Tax Fairness for Workers Act
- H.R. 2753 (119th) Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act of 2025
- H.Con.Res. 16 (119th) Providing for a joint session of the Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, July 2, 2026, in honor of the semiquincentennial…
- H.R. 5220 (119th) Congressional Power of the Purse Act
- H.R. 5708 (119th) Federal Employees Civil Relief Act
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.