House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Evidence-Based Grantmaking Act
Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to require the implementation of evidence-based practices with respect to certain Federal grants, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 13, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7025.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YAKYM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 9, January 13, 2026, Page H718):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7025, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7025
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2026
- 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 February 4, 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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Max Miller (R-OH), Blake Moore (R-UT), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Deborah Ross (D-NC), William Timmons (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rudy Yakym.
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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.