House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Drought Assistance Improvement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 26, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5691.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LETLOW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 156, September 26, 2023, Page H4499):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To improve drought related disaster assistance programs of the Department of Agriculture.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 258 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5691, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5691
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 29, 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 October 29, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Troy Carter (D-LA), Garret Graves (R-LA), Michael Guest (R-MS).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Julia Letlow.
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- H.Res. 977 (118th) Recognizing the importance and contributions of National Board Certified Teachers.
- H.R. 8715 (118th) NEST Act
- H.R. 6717 (118th) Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2023
- H.R. 8436 (118th) Quality Loss Adjustment Improvement for Farmers Act
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.