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H.R. 900 House Emergency Management

Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2025

Introduced
Jan 31, 2025
Sponsor
Rep. Soto, Darren (D-FL-9)
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STAGE 4 OF 8 — HOUSE FLOOR

Currently in the House. Last action: received in the senate and read twice and referred to the committee on energy and natural resources on Jul 15, 2025.

  1. House Introduced in House Jan 31, 2025
  2. House Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Jan 31, 2025
  3. House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Apr 9, 2025
  4. House Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent. Apr 9, 2025
  5. House Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-182. Jul 2, 2025
  6. House Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 147. Jul 2, 2025
  7. House Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Jul 14, 2025
  8. House Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3223-3224) Jul 14, 2025
  9. House DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 900. Jul 14, 2025
  10. House Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. Jul 14, 2025
  11. House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3223) Jul 14, 2025
  12. House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Jul 14, 2025
  13. Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Jul 15, 2025

Cosponsors

8

Subjects

Emergency planning and evacuationGeography and mappingGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsNatural disastersWater use and supply

Committees

  • Energy and Natural Resources Committee
    • [Referred To, Jul 15, 2025]
  • Natural Resources Committee
    • [Reported By, Jul 2, 2025]
    • [Markup By, Apr 9, 2025]
    • [Referred To, Jan 31, 2025]

Summary

Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2025This bill directs the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish a program tostudy the short-term and long-term mechanisms that cause sinkholes, including extreme storm events, prolonged droughts causing shifts in water management practices, aquifer depletion, and other major changes in water use; anddevelop maps, using three-dimensional elevation data, that depict zones that are at greater risk of forming sinkholes.The USGS must establish a public website that displays such maps and other relevant information critical for use by community planners and emergency managers.

[Summary as of: Introduced in House]

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