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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; 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.
Introduced
Jan 31, 2025
Last Action
Jul 15, 2025
Session
119th Congress
Sponsors
1 primary · 8 co
Passage Probability
2% — Very Low
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 900.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-182.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 147.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Upgrade to ProReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.