House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
McIntire-Stennis Act District of Columbia Equality Act
Official title: To amend Public Law 87-788 (commonly known as the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; 16 U.S.C. 582a-7) to provide for equal treatment of the District of Columbia with respect to funds made available under that Act.
Sponsor: Rep. Eleanor Norton D-DCWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 23, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 3, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7650.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 35, February 23, 2026, Page H2258):clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7650, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7650
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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 August 19, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eleanor Norton.
- H.R. 189 (119th) Securities and Exchange Commission Real Estate Leasing Authority Revocation Act
- H.R. 2693 (119th) District of Columbia Electronic Transmittal of Legislation Act
- H.R. 51 (119th) Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- H.R. 880 (119th) Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act
- H.R. 1888 (119th) Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2025
- H.R. 7441 (119th) Bayard Rustin Stamp Act
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.