House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Advancing Research on Agricultural Soil Health Act of 2025
Official title: To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct research relating to measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification of soil carbon sequestration, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Eric Sorensen D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 1, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4865.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SORENSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 133, August 1, 2025, Page H3674):Article 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 9 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4865, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4865
- 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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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 — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Jill Tokuda (D-HI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eric Sorensen.
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- H.R. 4733 (119th) Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program Establishment Act
- H.R. 1027 (119th) QUIET Act
- H.R. 3309 (119th) Autonomy for All Disabled Veterans Act
- H.R. 8457 (119th) Homegrown Fertilizer Act
- H.R. 6478 (119th) Air Guard STATUS Act of 2025
Related bills
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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.