Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2025
119-HR-900119th CongressIntroduced Jan 31, 2025Emergency Management
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Status
Introduced
Committee
Floor Vote
Other Chamber
Signed
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sponsor
Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9](D-FL-9)8 cosponsors
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.
Subjects
Emergency planning and evacuationGeography and mappingGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsNatural disastersWater use and supply
Actions (15)
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 15, 2025Senate
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 14, 2025House floor actions
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3223)
Jul 14, 2025House floor actions
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Jul 14, 2025Library of Congress
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 900.
Jul 14, 2025House floor actions
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3223-3224)
Jul 14, 2025House floor actions
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 14, 2025House floor actions
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 147.
Jul 2, 2025House floor actions
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-182.
Jul 2, 2025House floor actions
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-182.
Jul 2, 2025Library of Congress
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
Apr 9, 2025House committee actions
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Apr 9, 2025House committee actions
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 31, 2025House floor actions
Introduced in House
Jan 31, 2025Library of Congress
Introduced in House
Jan 31, 2025Library of Congress