House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
EDUCATE Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, to provide for marijuana agricultural research program at 1890 institutions, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Troy Carter D-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 18, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 18, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9344.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 103, June 18, 2026, Page H4126):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 18, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 102 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9344, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9344
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 14, 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 14, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Troy Carter.
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- H.R. 8874 (119th) Homeland Security Capabilities Preservation Reporting Act of 2026
- H.R. 2037 (119th) Open RAN Outreach Act
- H.R. 1374 (119th) Securing the Cities Improvement Act
- H.R. 6782 (119th) Public Health Air Quality Act of 2025
- H.R. 7602 (119th) State of Men’s Health 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.