House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Opportunities in Organic Act
Official title: To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to expand the national organic certification cost-share program into a comprehensive organic program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jimmy Panetta D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 20, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7318.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PANETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 23, February 2, 2026, Page H1949):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7318, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7318
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 2, 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
11 cosponsors — 11 Democrats
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
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Related bills
- S. 3717 (119th) Opportunities in Organic ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.