House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Biochar Research Network Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 19, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1645.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 50, March 17, 2023, Page H1295):U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would test the impact of biochar across various soil types, application methods, and climates.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 188 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1645, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1645
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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 December 5, 2025). 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
13 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 13 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Sean Casten (D-IL), Jim Costa (D-CA), Donald Davis (D-NC), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Mike Flood (R-NE), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Kim Schrier (D-WA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks.
- H.Res. 461 (118th) Condemning the use of elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter for aliens who are not admitted to the United States.
- H.R. 5390 (118th) Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act
- H.R. 8111 (118th) Medicaid Program Improvement Act
- H.R. 7637 (118th) Refrigerator Freedom Act
- H.R. 5555 (118th) DRA of 2023
- H.R. 6283 (118th) DRUG Act
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.