House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SWAT Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Plant Protection Act to establish a fund for spotted wing drosophila research and mitigation.
Sponsor: Rep. David Valadao R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 27, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9976.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VALADAO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 122, July 27, 2026, Page H5204):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9976, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9976
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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 August 17, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Valadao.
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- H.R. 3419 (119th) To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs.
- H.R. 1044 (119th) To amend Public Law 99–338 with respect to Kaweah Project permits.
- H.R. 3854 (119th) Modernizing All Veterans and Survivors
- H.R. 836 (119th) Emergency Wildfire Fighting Technology Act of 2025
- H.R. 1147 (119th) Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 3810 (119th) SWAT Act of 2026Identical bill
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.