House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 17, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 18, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5970.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEGUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 170, October 17, 2023, Page H5021):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to allow the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into self-determination contracts with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to carry out supplemental nutrition assistance programs.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 17, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 313 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5970, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 21, 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 March 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5970, last updated March 21, 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
12 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 9 Democrats
3 of 12 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Tom Cole (R-OK), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Marcus Molinaro (R-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Neguse.
- H.R. 1318 (118th) Women’s Suffrage National Monument Location Act
- H.R. 4385 (118th) Drought Preparedness Act
- H.R. 5770 (118th) Water Monitoring and Tracking Essential Resources (WATER) Data Improvement Act
- H.R. 7671 (118th) Disaster Management Costs Modernization Act
- H.R. 1319 (118th) Biking on Long-Distance Trails Act
- H.R. 3562 (118th) Forest Service Flexible Housing Partnerships Act of 2023
Related bills
- S. 4832 (119th) SNAP Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2026Cross-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.