H.R. 2872 · 118th Congress

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.

Introduced on Apr 26, 2023 by Garret Graves (R-LA-6). 3 cosponsors, 1 of them from another party. Became Public Law 118-35.

Stage
Became law
Public Law 118-35
Introduced
Apr 26, 2023
Cosponsors
3
1 from the other party
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Sent to the President
  6. Became law

Official title

To amend the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 to allow States to issue electronic stamps under such Act, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • ASEAN countries
  • Abortion
  • Access Board
  • Accounting and auditing
  • Administrative Conference of the U.S.
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Adoption and foster care
  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Advisory bodies
  • Afghanistan
  • Africa
  • African Development Foundation
  • Aging
  • Agricultural education
  • Agricultural marketing and promotion
  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
  • Allergies
  • Alliances
  • Alternative and renewable resources
  • Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
  • Alternative treatments
  • American Battle Monuments Commission
  • Appalachian Regional Commission
  • Appropriations
  • Aquatic ecology
  • Arab-Israeli relations
  • Architect of the Capitol
  • Area studies and international education
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • Armed Forces Retirement Home
  • Arms control and nonproliferation
  • Army Corps of Engineers
  • Asia
  • Atmospheric science and weather
  • Australia
  • Aviation and airports
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bangladesh
  • Birds
  • Birth defects
  • Blood and blood diseases
  • Border security and unlawful immigration
  • Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
  • Budget process
  • Building construction
  • Burma
  • Buy American requirements
  • California
  • Cambodia
  • Canada
  • Cancer
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Caribbean area
  • Cemeteries and funerals
  • Census and government statistics
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Central African Republic
  • Central America
  • Central Europe
  • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
  • Child care and development
  • Child health
  • Child safety and welfare
  • China
  • Citizenship and naturalization
  • Civics education
  • Climate change and greenhouse gases
  • Coal
  • Coast guard
  • Collective security
  • Colombia
  • Commission on Civil Rights
  • Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • Commuting
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Computers and information technology
  • Conflicts and wars
  • Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
  • Congressional Research Service (CRS)
  • Congressional agencies
  • Congressional committees
  • Congressional leadership
  • Congressional officers and employees
  • Congressional oversight
  • Consumer Product Safety Commission
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Correctional facilities and imprisonment
  • Crime victims
  • Criminal justice information and records
  • Criminal procedure and sentencing
  • Cuba
  • Cultural exchanges and relations
  • Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
  • Defense spending
  • Delta Regional Authority
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Denali Commission
  • Dental care
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Education
  • Department of Energy
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Department of Justice
  • Department of Labor
  • Department of State
  • Department of Transportation
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Department of the Interior
  • Department of the Treasury
  • Digestive and metabolic diseases
  • Digital media
  • Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
  • Disability and health-based discrimination
  • Disability and paralysis
  • Disaster relief and insurance
  • District of Columbia
  • Domestic violence and child abuse
  • Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
  • Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
  • Drug therapy
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Education of the disadvantaged
  • Education programs funding
  • Educational facilities and institutions
  • Egypt
  • Election Assistance Commission
  • Electric power generation and transmission
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Emergency communications systems
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Emergency planning and evacuation
  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Employee hiring
  • Employment and training programs
  • Employment discrimination and employee rights
  • Endangered and threatened species
  • Energy assistance for the poor and aged
  • Energy efficiency and conservation
  • Energy research
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Environmental health
  • Environmental technology
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
  • Ethiopia
  • Europe
  • Evidence and witnesses
  • Executive Office of the President
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Export-Import Bank of the United States
  • Family planning and birth control
  • Family services
  • Farm Credit Administration
  • Farmland
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  • Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
  • Federal Election Commission (FEC)
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
  • Federal Labor Relations Authority
  • Federal Maritime Commission
  • Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
  • Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
  • Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
  • Federal appellate courts
  • Federal district courts
  • Federal officials
  • Federal-Indian relations
  • Firearms and explosives
  • Fires
  • First responders and emergency personnel
  • Fishes
  • Floods and storm protection
  • Florida
  • Food assistance and relief
  • Food supply, safety, and labeling
  • Foreign aid and international relief
  • Foreign labor
  • Foreign language and bilingual programs
  • Forests, forestry, trees
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • Free trade and trade barriers
  • Gaza Strip
  • General Services Administration
  • Genetics
  • Georgia
  • Georgia (Republic)
  • Government Accountability Office (GAO)
  • Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
  • Government Publishing Office (GPO)
  • Government buildings, facilities, and property
  • Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government information and archives
  • Great Lakes
  • Guam
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Haiti
  • Hawaii
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Health personnel
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Health promotion and preventive care
  • Health technology, devices, supplies
  • Hearing, speech, and vision care
  • Hereditary and development disorders
  • Higher education
  • Historic sites and heritage areas
  • Historical and cultural resources
  • Homelessness and emergency shelter
  • House of Representatives
  • Housing and community development funding
  • Housing finance and home ownership
  • Housing for the elderly and disabled
  • Housing industry and standards
  • Human rights
  • Human trafficking
  • Humanities programs funding
  • Hunting and fishing
  • Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
  • Illinois
  • Immigrant health and welfare
  • Immigration status and procedures
  • Immunology and vaccination
  • Indian claims
  • Indian lands and resources rights
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Inflation and prices
  • Infrastructure development
  • Intellectual property
  • Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
  • Inter-American Foundation
  • Interagency Council on Homelessness
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Garret GravesR-LA-6Sponsor

Democrats · 1

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

  1. On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
    Jan 16, 2024· Senate· Cloture· Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to 68–13
  2. On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment
    Jan 18, 2024· House· Passage· Passed 314–108
  3. On the Amendment
    Jan 18, 2024· Senate· Amendments· Amendment Rejected 44–50
  4. On the Motion
    Jan 18, 2024· Senate· Procedural· Motion Rejected 13–82
  5. On Passage of the Bill
    Jan 18, 2024· Senate· Passage· Bill Passed 77–18

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Apr 26, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Apr 26, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Apr 26, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  4. May 8, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
  5. May 10, 2023 · HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held.
  6. Jun 21, 2023 · HouseSubcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Discharged.
  7. Jun 21, 2023 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  8. Jun 21, 2023 · HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  9. Sep 14, 2023Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-198.
  10. Sep 14, 2023 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-198.
  11. Sep 14, 2023 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 161.
  12. Sep 18, 2023 · HouseMr. Collins moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  13. Sep 18, 2023 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4366-4367)
  14. Sep 18, 2023 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2872.
  15. Sep 18, 2023 · HouseAt the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Collins objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
  16. Sep 20, 2023 · HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4427)
  17. Sep 20, 2023Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: 9/18/2023 CR H4366)
  18. Sep 20, 2023 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: 9/18/2023 CR H4366)
  19. Sep 20, 2023 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  20. Sep 20, 2023 · HouseThe title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
  21. Sep 21, 2023 · SenateReceived in the Senate.
  22. Nov 9, 2023 · SenateRead twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 243.
  23. Jan 11, 2024 · SenateMotion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S87)
  24. Jan 11, 2024 · SenateCloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate.
  25. Jan 16, 2024 · SenateMotion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S105)
  26. Jan 16, 2024 · SenateCloture on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 68 - 13. Record Vote Number: 9. (CR S117-118)Senate · Roll call 9
  27. Jan 17, 2024 · SenateMotion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S125)
  28. Jan 17, 2024 · SenateMotion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
  29. Jan 17, 2024 · SenateMeasure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S140-141)
  30. Jan 18, 2024 · SenateConsidered by Senate. (consideration: CR S175-183)
  31. Jan 18, 2024 · SenateMotion by Senator Marshall to commit to Senate Committee on Appropriations with instructions rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 13 - 82. Record Vote Number: 11.Senate · Roll call 11
  32. Jan 18, 2024Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate, under the order of 1/17/2024, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 77 - 18. Record Vote Number: 12.Senate · Roll call 12
  33. Jan 18, 2024 · SenatePassed Senate, under the order of 1/17/2024, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 77 - 18. Record Vote Number: 12.Senate · Roll call 12
  34. Jan 18, 2024 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  35. Jan 18, 2024 · HouseMs. Granger moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H219-225)
  36. Jan 18, 2024 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2872.
  37. Jan 18, 2024 · HousePOSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2872, the chair put the question on the motion and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Roy demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
  38. Jan 18, 2024Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 314 - 108 (Roll no. 15). (consideration: CR H225-226; text: CR H219-221)House · Roll call 15
  39. Jan 18, 2024 · HouseOn motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 314 - 108 (Roll no. 15). (consideration: CR H225-226; text: CR H219-221)House · Roll call 15
  40. Jan 18, 2024 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  41. Jan 19, 2024Presented to President.
  42. Jan 19, 2024 · HousePresented to President.
  43. Jan 19, 2024Signed by President.
  44. Jan 19, 2024Signed by President.
  45. Jan 19, 2024Became Public Law No: 118-35.
  46. Jan 19, 2024Became Public Law No: 118-35.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. University of Michigan4 reports
    $260K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANAI match · 100%
  2. Cornell University1 report
    $220K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CORNELL UNIVERSITY$4.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION1 report
    $2.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.$29.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.