Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2025
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 31, 2025)
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.
What just happenedJul 15, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Who’s behind it
- Referred in SenateJul 15, 2025
- Engrossed in HouseJul 14, 2025
- Reported in HouseJul 2, 2025
- Introduced in HouseJan 31, 2025
- Jul 15, 2025IntroReferral
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Jul 14, 2025FloorH38310
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 14, 2025FloorH37300
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3223)
- Jul 14, 2025Floor8000
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- Jul 14, 2025FloorH8D000
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 900.
- Jul 14, 2025FloorH30000
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3223-3224)
- Jul 14, 2025FloorH30300
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 2, 2025CalendarsH12410
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 147.
- Jul 2, 2025CommitteeH12200
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-182.
Natural Resources Committee - Jul 2, 2025Committee5000
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-182.
Natural Resources Committee - Apr 9, 2025Committee
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
Natural Resources Committee - Apr 9, 2025Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Natural Resources Committee - Jan 31, 2025IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Natural Resources Committee - Jan 31, 2025IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 31, 2025IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House