House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 22, 2023
- Committee actionMay 11, 2023
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 11, 2023 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1697.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1697, Promoting Precision Agriculture Act of 2023” on June 30, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on May 11, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 30, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59342
- CBO publication date
- June 30, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1697, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1697
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 52, March 22, 2023, Page H1328):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To establish standards for precision agriculture.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 200 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1697, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1697
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e817aca857cc813e08e7882aace1442db5ea022cce15f4453efd05b8e760e075
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 committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1697, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
6 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat
5 of 6 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Marcus Molinaro (R-NY), Zachary Nunn (R-IA).
More from the sponsor
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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.