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H.R. 900119th CongressEmergency Management
Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL) · 8 active : 2 Republicans, 6 Democrats
Latest action: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Where it standsBefore the House43 representatives score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedJul 14, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govSinkhole 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.
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The USGS must establish a public website that displays such maps and other relevant information critical for use by community planners and emergency managers.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · SenateHearings by (full committee) · Referred to
Subjects
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Geography and mapping
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Natural disasters
- Water use and supply
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
8 activeShow all 8 cosponsors
- Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24)
- Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12)
- Kathy Castor (D-FL-14)
- Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10)
- Jim Costa (D-CA-21)
- Josh Harder (D-CA-9)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
- Wesley Bell (D-MO-1)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
