House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
ReConnecting Rural America Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish the ReConnect program under that Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Zachary Nunn R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 30, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3119.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NUNN of Iowa, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 72, April 30, 2025, Page H1776):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 287 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3119, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3119
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 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
19 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 19 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Jack Bergman (R-MI), Mike Bost (R-IL), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Jim Costa (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Josh Riley (D-NY), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Robert Wittman (R-VA), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
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