House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 18, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 23, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3478.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 84, May 18, 2023, Page H2457):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Soil healthSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 75 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3478, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3478
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0e8a4923e57b7872ad087d746b886bfcbe18792685aada20818a229bcb3507aa
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3478, last updated December 5, 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
11 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 10 Democrats
1 of 11 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), James McGovern (D-MA), Katie Porter (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Lauren Underwood (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sean Casten.
- H.R. 6747 (118th) Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act of 2023
- H.R. 770 (118th) ESP Family Leave Act
- H.R. 1742 (118th) Pell Grant Sustainability Act
- H.R. 4475 (118th) Period PROUD (Providing Resources for Our Underserved and Disadvantaged) Act of 2023
- H.R. 4852 (118th) IDs for an Inclusive Democracy Act
- H.R. 10207 (118th) LNG Public Interest Determination Act of 2024
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.