Great Lakes Mapping Act of 2025
Latest action · Apr 8, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 8, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 8, 2025 to Dec 16, 2025; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| R-MI | Tom Barrett | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| R-OH | Warren Davidson | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| R-MI | John James | May 5, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Jul 22, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Aug 19, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Kristen McDonald Rivet | Dec 16, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 8, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 8, 2025Introduced in House
- Apr 8, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 63, April 8, 2025, page H1508.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47623 | Frequently Asked Questions: Mapping of U.S. Ocean and Coastal Waters | Report | Jul 29, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to conduct high-resolution surveying and mapping of the lakebeds of the Great Lakes, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Great Lakes Mapping Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 8, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
