House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to reauthorize the voluntary public access and habitat incentive program.
Sponsor: Rep. Debbie Dingell D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 28, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1565.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 37, February 25, 2025, Page H837):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 137 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1565, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1565
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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 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
5 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat
4 of 5 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), J. Hill (R-AR), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Marie Perez (D-WA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell.
- H.R. 2290 (119th) World War II Women's Memorial Location Act
- H.R. 3276 (119th) Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act of 2026
- H.R. 1917 (119th) Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025
- H.R. 3858 (119th) Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2025
- H.R. 3184 (119th) PFAS Alternatives Act
- H.R. 929 (119th) Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act
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.