House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Improving Drought Monitoring Act
Official title: To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to extend the program providing for improvements to the United States Drought Monitor.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 26, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5610.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAYLOR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 158, September 26, 2025, Page H4503):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5610, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5610
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 17, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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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.