House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Restoring America’s Floodplains Act
Official title: To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for floodplain easement restoration and management, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Messmer R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 27, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 20, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7264.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MESSMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 19, January 27, 2026, Page H1916):Article I, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7264, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7264
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 2, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 7720 (119th) Child Care Payment Integrity and Fraud Accountability Act of 2026
- H.R. 6466 (119th) Forced Abortion Prevention and Accountability Act
- H.R. 4107 (119th) GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025
- H.R. 3044 (119th) No Vaccine Mandates in Higher Education Act
Related bills
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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.