R.I.C.E.’s Whale Act
Latest action · Oct 25, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 605.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 20, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 20, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AL | Jerry L. Carl | Original | Oct 20, 2023 |
| R-MS | Mike Ezell | Original | Oct 20, 2023 |
| R-TX | Wesley Hunt | Original | Oct 20, 2023 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Oct 25, 2023Markup Nov 8, 2023Reported Oct 25, 2024 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 25, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-716.
- Oct 25, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 605.
- Nov 8, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Nov 8, 2023Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 17.
- Oct 25, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Oct 20, 2023Introduced in House
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H5038H.R. 6008–6019 | — | Oct 20, 2023 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 27, 2024H.R. 6008, R.I.C.E.’s Whale ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 8, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 173, October 20, 2023, page H5039.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-73 | H.R. 520, H.R. 2990, H.R. 5103, H.R. 5504, H.R. 5509, H.R. 5874, AND H.R. 6008138 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Oct 25, 2023 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44692 | Five-Year Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program: Status and Issues in Brief | Report | Jul 29, 2026 |
| IF12835 | The Rice’s Whale: Conservation Efforts, Implications for Ocean Sectors, and Considerations for Congress | Resource | May 8, 2026 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the implementation of certain documents until the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Marine Fisheries Service issues documents relating to the Rice's whale.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- R.I.C.E.’s Whale Act
- Requiring Integrity in Conservation Efforts Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- R.I.C.E.’s Whale Act
- Requiring Integrity in Conservation Efforts Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 25, 2024Reported in House
- Oct 25, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
