House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
DOD and USDA Interagency Research Act
Official title: To provide for Department of Defense and Department of Agriculture joint research and development activities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Messmer R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 15, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7547.
- 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. 30, February 12, 2026, Page H2220):Article I, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7547, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7547
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 12, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 September 12, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Messmer.
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- H.R. 2270 (119th) Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act
- 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
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.