House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
BALE Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 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. 541.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 17, January 26, 2023, Page H429):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: Legislation pertains solely to agricultural lending for farmers and ranchers.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 26, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 151 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 541, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/541
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- 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 July 24, 2024). 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
12 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 12 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Tim Walberg (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.