House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Investing in Rural America Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to provide support for facilities providing healthcare, education, child care, public safety, and other vital services in rural areas.
Sponsor: Rep. Michelle Fischbach R-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 20, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1246.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. FISCHBACH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 29, February 12, 2025, Page H677):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1246, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1246
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 10, 2026). 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
26 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 26 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), James Baird (R-IN), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Donald Davis (D-NC), Randy Fine (R-FL), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Josh Harder (D-CA), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Tracey Mann (R-KS), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), Cory Mills (R-FL), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), David Valadao (R-CA), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Tony Wied (R-WI), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michelle Fischbach.
- H.R. 6945 (119th) Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act
- H.Res. 1142 (119th) Providing for disposition of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 7147) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year…
- H.Res. 122 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 77) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration…
- H.Res. 1274 (119th) Providing that section 11 of House Resolution 1224 shall have no force or effect.
- H.Res. 1530 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice…
- H.Res. 211 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 25) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.