House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Equal Treatment for Farmers Act
Official title: To strike references to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in Federal law, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Harris R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 20, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 20, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8374.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARRIS of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 69, April 20, 2026, Page H2996):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8374, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8374
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 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
26 cosponsors — 26 Republicans
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Ben Cline (R-VA), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Mike Collins (R-GA), Randy Fine (R-FL), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Andy Harris (R-MD), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Mary Miller (R-IL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Tim Moore (R-NC), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Scott Perry (R-PA), David Rouzer (R-NC), Chip Roy (R-TX), Keith Self (R-TX), Adrian Smith (R-NE), W. Steube (R-FL), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Tony Wied (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Harris.
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- H.R. 6715 (119th) Child Predators Accountability Act
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- H.R. 9610 (119th) Less Bureaucracy, Better K–12 Education Act
- H.R. 9611 (119th) Less Bureaucracy, Better Higher Education Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.