House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Rural Area Population Act
Official title: To establish a uniform definition of "rural area" for all rural development programs administered by the Department of Agriculture.
Sponsor: Rep. Raul Ruiz D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 20, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 20, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8389.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 69, April 20, 2026, Page H2996):clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8389, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8389
- 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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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
No cosponsors.
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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.