House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
National Fossil Act of 2026
Official title: To amend chapter 3 of title 36, United States Code, to designate the American mastodon as the national fossil mammal and the Tyrannosaurus rex as the national fossil dinosaur of the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Erin Houchin R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 8, 2026
- Committee actionJul 15, 2026
- Passed HouseSep 16, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9191.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9191, National Fossil Act of 2026” on August 18, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 15, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 18, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62703
- CBO publication date
- August 18, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9191, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9191
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
71e3e3e9f61777c5a92d574a2b2a3b13f8e8d057c7177ebc606e2a7c51a26928
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-803 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 8, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/803
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9191, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9191
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
71e3e3e9f61777c5a92d574a2b2a3b13f8e8d057c7177ebc606e2a7c51a26928
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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
9 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Robert Onder (R-MO), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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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.