House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Biochar Research Network Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a national biochar research network, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 25, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4764.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 128, July 25, 2025, Page H3656):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4764, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4764
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
13 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 13 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Jim Costa (D-CA), Donald Davis (D-NC), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Mike Flood (R-NE), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- S. 2450 (119th) Biochar Research Network Act of 2025Identical bill
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.