House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Timber Innovation for Building Rural Communities Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5044.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SALINAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4146):Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forestry Research and Wood InnovationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 154 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5044, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5044
- 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
19 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 7 Democrats
12 of 19 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Duarte (R-CA), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Russell Fry (R-SC), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Marcus Molinaro (R-NY), Barry Moore (R-AL), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Marie Perez (D-WA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), John Rutherford (R-FL), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andrea Salinas.
- H.R. 1722 (118th) Grand Ronde Reservation Act Amendment of 2023
- H.R. 6203 (118th) Farmers Feeding America Act of 2023
- H.R. 8765 (118th) Disaster Relief for Farm Workers Act
- H.R. 7212 (118th) PEER Support Act
- H.R. 9581 (118th) STAR Plus Scholarship Act
- H.R. 6534 (118th) Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2023
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.