House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Disaster Declaration Improvement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 22, 2017
- Committee actionMar 29, 2017
- Passed HouseMay 3, 2017 · 425–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 4, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1665.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1665, Disaster Declaration Improvement Act” on April 13, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 29, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 13, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52644
- CBO publication date
- April 13, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1665, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1665
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-99 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on April 28, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 28, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/99
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1665, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1665
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54eee1bcf7c765c93e3ed929f95aacfec9eddd10c1e293ba2b4fcd6549176a6c
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 50, March 22, 2017, Page H2349):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress as stated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 157 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1665, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1665
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54eee1bcf7c765c93e3ed929f95aacfec9eddd10c1e293ba2b4fcd6549176a6c
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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
7 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Garret Graves (R-LA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Darin LaHood (R-IL), John Shimkus (R-IL).
More from the sponsor
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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.