House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Friends in the Field Act
Official title: To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to add biological pest control to the list of high-priority research and extension areas.
Sponsor: Rep. Hillary Scholten D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 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. 7665.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHOLTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 36, February 24, 2026, Page H2297):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7665, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7665
- 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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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 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Hillary Scholten.
- H.R. 5784 (119th) AI–WISE Act
- H.R. 8882 (119th) Main Street Competes Act
- H.R. 1098 (119th) To reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994.
- H.R. 8999 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, as the…
- H.R. 9530 (119th) Quiet Skies Act
- H.R. 7376 (119th) Local Water Protection 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.