House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Farmers from Drought Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 19, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 18, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5992.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARDER of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 172, October 19, 2023, Page H5032):Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify eligibility for prevented planting insurance under certain drought conditions.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 19, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 212 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5992, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5992
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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 — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Josh Harder.
- H.R. 3396 (118th) Fire Department Repayment Act of 2023
- H.R. 8308 (118th) Nutria Eradication and Control Reauthorization Act of 2024
- H.R. 3369 (118th) Artificial Intelligence Accountability Act
- H.R. 3416 (118th) Youth Workforce Readiness Act of 2023
- H.R. 5329 (118th) Wildfire Smoke Emergency Declaration Act of 2023
- H.R. 4911 (118th) Supporting the Health and Safety of Law Enforcement 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.