House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SAWMILL Act
Official title: To establish requirements under which the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall carry out the Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loan Program.
Sponsor: Rep. Dan Newhouse R-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6277.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEWHOUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 197, November 21, 2025, Page H4897):Article 1 Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 39 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6277, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6277
- 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
13 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 13 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Jim Costa (D-CA), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Josh Riley (D-NY), David Scott (D-GA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dan Newhouse.
- H.Res. 189 (119th) Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas.
- H.R. 2072 (119th) To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction…
- H.Res. 744 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of September 21 through September 27, 2025, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Week".
- H.R. 1575 (119th) No American Land for Communist China Act
- H.R. 1576 (119th) Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2025
- H.Res. 1552 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of September 20 through September 26, 2026, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Week".
Related bills
- S. 2221 (119th) SAWMILL 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 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.