House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting America’s Orchardists and Nursery Tree Growers Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 19, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 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. 4739.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUIZENGA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 124, July 19, 2023, Page H3858):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 with respect to the tree assistance program.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 19, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 187 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4739, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4739
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 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 May 27, 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
8 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Jack Bergman (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Tim Walberg (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
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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.