House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting America’s Herds Act
Official title: To establish a grant program for preparing and responding to New World screwworm outbreaks, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Gabe Vasquez D-NMWhere 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. 9377.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VASQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 103, June 18, 2026, Page H4127):Article 1, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of the Congress.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 18, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 188 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9377, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9377
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 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 9, 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
19 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 18 Democrats
1 of 19 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Josh Harder (D-CA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Josh Riley (D-NY), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gabe Vasquez.
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.