Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2855.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SOTO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 69, April 25, 2023, Page H1949):
  Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill directs the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to establish a program to study the short-term and long-term mechanisms that cause sinkholes and to develop maps depicting the zones that are at greater risk of forming sinkholes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 25, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  340 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2855, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2855

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5d0c58c33e4a1a168967af72146999a2adb573de039b4d5d5c150a75122bd915

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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