House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

TREE Act

H.R. 8744Introduced May 12, 2026Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Official title: To prohibit the import of certain goods produced, sourced, made, or otherwise derived from deforestation and the sale of such items in interstate commerce, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Lloyd Doggett D-TX

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Where it went

IntroducedMay 12, 2026
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Passed Senate—
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Latest action: May 12, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, 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. 8744.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOGGETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 80, May 12, 2026, Page H3393):
Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution
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H.R. 8744, 119th Congress
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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 Democrats

0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Summer Lee (D-PA), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Nikema Williams (D-GA).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Doggett.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-37 district

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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.