House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Mass Timber Federal Buildings Act of 2026
Official title: To establish a contracting preference for public buildings that use innovative wood products in the construction of those buildings, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 29, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 11, 2026 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4088)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9080.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 91, May 29, 2026, Page H3741):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution in that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by the constitution in the Government of the United States or any Department or Office thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 29, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 374 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9080, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9080
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 3, 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 3, 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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
4 of 5 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Donald Davis (D-NC), John Rose (R-TN), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Glenn Thompson.
- H.R. 4550 (119th) United States Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 7567 (119th) Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
- H.Res. 974 (119th) Providing for a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 975 (119th) To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled.
- H.Res. 976 (119th) Providing for the hour of meeting of the House.
- H.R. 649 (119th) Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.