House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 27, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 28, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 559.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 13, January 27, 2015, Page H640):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 559, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/559
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 2, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 2, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
9 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 9 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.