House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Data BRIDGE Act
Official title: To direct the Federal Communications Commission to incorporate into the National Broadband Map of the Commission a layer that presents data on the location of agricultural areas, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Erin Houchin R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 12, 2025
- Committee actionSep 16, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 0.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4950.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HOUCHIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 137, August 12, 2025, Page H3693):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4950, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4950
- 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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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 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
15 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 15 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Jim Costa (D-CA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), H. Griffith (R-VA), John Joyce (R-PA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), John Rose (R-TN), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Erin Houchin.
- H.R. 9191 (119th) National Fossil Act of 2026
- H.R. 5184 (119th) Affordable HOMES Act
- H.R. 7890 (119th) Science of Reading Act of 2026
- H.R. 2399 (119th) Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025
- H.Res. 1131 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8029) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year…
- H.Res. 1333 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8646) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug…
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.