House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Putting First Responders First Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 7, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 7, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2560.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NORMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 75, May 7, 2019, Page H3476):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2560, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2560
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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 3, 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
14 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 14 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Tim Burchett (R-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Joe Cunningham (D-SC), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ralph Norman.
- H.R. 617 (116th) Department of Energy Veterans’ Health Initiative Act
- H.R. 3580 (116th) Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2019
- H.J.Res. 18 (116th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit Members of Congress from receiving compensation for any period…
- H.R. 7651 (116th) Healthy Skies Act
- H.R. 8614 (116th) Home Educators are Teachers Act of 2020
- H.R. 8962 (116th) SAVE America Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.