House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedAug 29, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 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. 5296.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ADAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 140, August 29, 2023, Page H4211):clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: to expand farmer borrower protections, institutional oversight, and flexible lending terms within the USDA's Farm Service Agency.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 29, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 227 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5296, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5296
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5296, 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Democrats
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Greg Casar (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Summer Lee (D-PA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), James McGovern (D-MA), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Lauren Underwood (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams.
- H.R. 3037 (118th) Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2023
- H.R. 3310 (118th) Kira Johnson Act
- H.Res. 289 (118th) Recognizing the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2023, as the sixth annual "Black Maternal Health Week" to bring…
- H.R. 4845 (118th) Food Secure Strikers Act of 2023
- H.Con.Res. 118 (118th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.
- H.Res. 1153 (118th) Recognizing the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2024, as the seventh annual "Black Maternal Health Week".
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.