Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Work with colleagues to move the Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act through the House.. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. As U.S. Representative for Mississippi's 4th District, after H.R. 5745 passed the House Committee on Natural Resources in September 2026.
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I’m proud to see it advance out of committee and look forward to working with my colleagues to move it through the House.
Ezell committed to working with colleagues to advance the Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act through the House after it passed committee.
H.R. 5745, as amended, was ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives by a roll call vote of 22 yeas to 16 nays.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, the House Natural Resources Committee ordered Ezell's Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act reported favorably, showing substantial committee-stage progress but not final House passage.
Date: September 15, 2026 Recorded Vote #: 4 Meeting on / Amendment on: On Favorably Reporting, as amended, H.R. 5745 (Rep. Ezell), “Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act”
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The official recorded vote confirms the committee vote was specifically on favorably reporting H.R. 5745, the Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act.
passed the House Committee on Natural Resources, advancing the bipartisan legislation toward consideration by the full House.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Ezell's office announced committee passage and described the bill as moving toward full House consideration, indicating the commitment remains short of House passage as of this update.
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RC #4 On Favorably Reporting, as amended, H.R. 5745 [PDF] Added 09/15/2026 at 01:41 PM
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The House Committee Repository shows a September 15, 2026 markup with a recorded vote on favorably reporting H.R. 5745.
Hearing: Legislative Hearing on the following bill: • H.R. 5745 (Rep. Ezell), “Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act”
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Earlier in the term, the relevant Natural Resources subcommittee held a legislative hearing on Ezell's bill, documenting committee effort before markup.
Mr. Ezell (for himself, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, and Mr. Veasey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill text shows Ezell introduced H.R. 5745 with colleagues and secured referral to the House Natural Resources Committee.
Public state: pendingAs of 2026-09-16 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved.unknownA for effort
The verified commitment was a future-facing promise, made after committee passage, to work with colleagues to move H.R. 5745 through the House. Verified evidence shows Ezell introduced the bill and that it was heard and ordered favorably reported by committee on September 15, 2026, but there is no verified evidence that the bill advanced through or passed the full House after the commitment. With no deadline expired as of 2026-09-16, this remains unresolved rather than delivered or partial.
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