House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
FARMS Act
Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Labor to retain in effect the adverse effect wage rate for a period of 2 years if the Secretary determines that there is not a valid method to calculate such rate, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. John Moolenaar R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 26, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5596.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOOLENAAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 158, September 26, 2025, Page H4503):Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 34 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5596, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5596
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 December 15, 2025). 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), James Baird (R-IN), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Michael Guest (R-MS), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Moolenaar.
- H.R. 2306 (119th) Adams Memorial-Great American Heroes Act
- H.R. 1082 (119th) Shandra Eisenga Human Cell and Tissue Product Safety Act
- H.R. 9642 (119th) Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act
- H.R. 1723 (119th) Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2025
- H.R. 8730 (119th) Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026
- H.Res. 63 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of January 26 through February 1, 2025, as "National School Choice Week".
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.