House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Tropical Plant Health Initiative Act
Official title: To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to provide research and extension grants to support the study of insects and pests that impact tropical plants, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jill Tokuda D-HIWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 23, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 2, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5562.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TOKUDA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 156, September 23, 2025, Page H4494):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 73 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5562, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5562
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 22, 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 June 22, 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 — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Ed Case (D-HI), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), James Moylan (R-GU).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jill Tokuda.
- H.R. 375 (119th) Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2025
- H.R. 8945 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86-014 Farrington Highway in Wai'anae, Hawai'i, as the "U.S.…
- H.R. 4967 (119th) Keep Seniors Fed Act
- H.R. 3373 (119th) GHOST Act of 2025
- H.Res. 1278 (119th) Reaffirming congressional support for the Taiwan Relations Act and longstanding bipartisan Taiwan policy.
- H.R. 5217 (119th) Rural Behavioral Health Improvement Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 2897 (119th) Tropical Plant Health Initiative ActIdentical bill
- H.R. 7567 (119th) Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.