House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Research for Healthy Soils Act
Official title: To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to include as a high-priority research and extension area research on microplastics and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on farmland.
Sponsor: Rep. Marie Perez D-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 12, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3991.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PEREZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 101, June 12, 2025, Page H2823):Article I of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 32 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3991, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3991
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Young Kim (R-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Marie Perez.
- H.Res. 878 (119th) Disapproving the behavior of Representative Jesús G. Chuy García of Illinois.
- H.R. 1267 (119th) Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act
- H.R. 2220 (119th) PARA–EMT Act of 2025
- H.R. 1733 (119th) Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act
- H.R. 4575 (119th) Jobs in the Woods Act
- H.R. 1889 (119th) Cutting Red Tape on Child Care Providers Act of 2025
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.