House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1020.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOORE of Alabama, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 30, February 14, 2023, Page H841):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill will amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to include certain farm-raised fish losses under the livestock indemnity payment program, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 227 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1020, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1020
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 July 24, 2024). 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
9 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 9 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Kat Cammack (R-FL), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Garret Graves (R-LA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Terri Sewell (D-AL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Barry Moore.
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- H.Res. 1019 (118th) Condemning the Nicaraguan Government's unjust imprisonment of individuals affiliated with Mountain Gateway Ministry.
- H.R. 8459 (118th) Stopping Traffickers and Their Accomplices Act of 2024
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.