Bills · 118th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

Fort San Gerónimo Preservation Act

Where it stands

  1. Introduced1/13/23
  2. Passed HousePassed 11/6/23
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 359–24 on November 6, 2023 (Roll Call 600 →). Received in the Senate on November 7, 2023.

Set your address to see how your representatives voted.

Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · 11/6/23Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic184 Yea · 0 Nay · 28 Not voting
  • Republican175 Yea · 24 Nay · 21 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Fort San Gerónimo Preservation Act

This bill establishes the Fort San Gerónimo del Boquerón in Puerto Rico as an affiliated area of the National Park System, which shall consist of the fort and grounds listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located near Old San Juan.

The bill makes the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture the management entity for the affiliated area.

Full text on congress.gov ↗
Sponsor
Rep. Jenniffer González-Colón ( Republican · PR)
Cosponsors
1
Introduced
1/13/23
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2025, it expires when the 118th Congress ends.

All actions (21)
  1. 1/13/23Introduced in House
  2. 1/13/23Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  3. 2/21/23Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
  4. 5/17/23Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
  5. 5/17/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  6. 5/17/23Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
  7. 11/3/23Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-263.
  8. 11/3/23Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 212.
  9. 11/6/23Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  10. 11/6/23Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5414-5416)
  11. 11/6/23DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 359.
  12. 11/6/23At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  13. 11/6/23Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5426-5427)
  14. 11/6/23Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 359 - 24 (Roll no. 600). (text: CR H5414-5415)
  15. 11/6/23On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 359 - 24 (Roll no. 600). (text: CR H5414-5415)
  16. 11/6/23Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  17. 11/7/23Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  18. 5/15/24Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-336.
  19. 11/19/24Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  20. 11/21/24Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  21. 11/21/24Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 646.