House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Loggers Economic Assistance and Relief Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 3, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8305.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 80, May 8, 2024, Page H2998):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Establishing a disaster assistance program for timber harvesting and timber hauling businesses.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 8, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 184 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8305, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8305
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 24, 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 January 24, 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.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Pete Stauber (R-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jared Golden.
- H.R. 5425 (118th) To amend the Small Business Act to enhance the Office of Rural Affairs, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2806 (118th) U.S. Customs and Border Protection Rural and Remote Hiring and Retention Strategy Act of 2023
- H.R. 3234 (118th) To authorize the immediate expulsion of inadmissible aliens attempting to enter the United States by fraud or without a necessary entry…
- H.R. 7658 (118th) FISH Wellness Act
- H.R. 1397 (118th) Future in Logging Careers Act
- H.J.Res. 200 (118th) Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Control of Communicable Diseases; Foreign…
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.