House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Finding ORE Act
Official title: To allow the Secretary of the Interior to enter into memoranda of understanding for the purpose of scientific and technical cooperation in the mapping of critical minerals and rare earth elements, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Wittman R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 24, 2026 — Subcommittee Hearings Held
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2969.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WITTMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 67, April 17, 2025, Page H1614):Article I of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 50 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2969, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2969
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 25, 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 June 25, 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
12 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 12 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Kathy Castor (D-FL), Ben Cline (R-VA), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Wittman.
- H.R. 556 (119th) Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act
- H.R. 6317 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12109 New Kent Highway in New Kent, Virginia, as the "Patricia…
- H.R. 7889 (119th) AWRC Act of 2025
- H.R. 906 (119th) Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act
- H.R. 207 (119th) SHARKED Act of 2025
- H.Con.Res. 62 (119th) Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for an event to unveil the statue of Barbara Rose Johns.
Related bills
- S. 1463 (119th) Finding ORE ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.