HR 900
119th Congress
House
Emergency Management
Emergency planning and evacuation
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Natural disasters
Water use and supply
Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2025
Everywhere this bill has been
13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 15, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 14, 2025
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 14, 2025
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3223)
Jul 14, 2025
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
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 900.
Jul 14, 2025
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3223-3224)
Jul 14, 2025
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 2, 2025
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 147.
Jul 2, 2025
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-182.
Apr 9, 2025
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
Apr 9, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jan 31, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 31, 2025
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2025
This bill directs the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish a program to
- study 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; and
- develop 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.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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