HR 900
Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2025
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.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL-9]
- Cosponsors
- 8
- Policy area
- Emergency Management
- Introduced
- 2025-01-31
- Latest action
- 2025-07-15: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-07-15: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- 2025-07-14: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-07-14: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3223)
- 2025-07-14: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- 2025-07-14: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 900.