House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Public Access Protection Act
Official title: To require the Secretary of the Army to include in any final recommendation for a water resources development project of the Corps of Engineers a plan to maintain equivalent levels of access to existing public recreational amenities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Laura Friedman D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 18, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 18, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9348.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FRIEDMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 103, June 18, 2026, Page H4127):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 18, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9348, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9348
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 25, 2026
- 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 June 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Laura Friedman.
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- H.R. 4796 (119th) Restoring Essential Healthcare Act
- H.R. 2254 (119th) Don’t Penalize Victims Act
- H.R. 5085 (119th) To exempt Federal actions related to the construction of infill housing from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of…
- H.R. 3874 (119th) Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act
- H.R. 2428 (119th) Wildfire Homeowner Relief Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.