House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Rural Forest Markets Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →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 Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5315.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 140, August 29, 2023, Page H4212):Article 1 The single subject of this legislation is: forestrySource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 29, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5315, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5315
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 24, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7ce85979cf06a7378e012993b7e179bcec233623e620e6454761179ce8720c49
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 January 24, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Earl Carter (R-GA), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), William Timmons (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.
- H.R. 676 (118th) Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2023
- H.R. 1840 (118th) Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023
- H.R. 3159 (118th) Food Date Labeling Act of 2023
- H.R. 1721 (118th) Healthy H2O Act
- H.R. 1325 (118th) Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023
- H.R. 2723 (118th) Local Farms and Food 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.