House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 14, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5466.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BALINT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 149, September 14, 2023, Page H4347):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Conservation Reserve Program improvementSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 104 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5466, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5466
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b718d7f4555993051f8435799416c6052deb93bee75f607ba801b5914a377ee3
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 6, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Becca Balint.
- H.R. 7324 (118th) To make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code.
- H.R. 5623 (118th) Addressing Addiction After Disasters Act
- H.R. 8796 (118th) Stop Comstock Act.
- H.R. 4273 (118th) LGBTQI+ and Women’s History Education Act of 2023
- H.R. 4322 (118th) Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2023
- H.R. 7325 (118th) Community Housing Act of 2024
Related bills
- S. 4912 (119th) BUFFER ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.