House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting America’s First Responders Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 16, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2812.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PASCRELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 82, May 16, 2019, Page H3925):Article 1, Section 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2812, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2812
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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 December 6, 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
44 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 34 Democrats
10 of 44 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Paul Cook (R-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Val Demings (D-FL), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Katie Hill (D-CA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Peter King (R-NY), Ann Kuster (D-NH), David Kustoff (R-TN), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Lucy McBath (D-GA), James McGovern (D-MA), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ) and 14 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Pascrell.
- H.R. 1865 (116th) Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
- H.R. 2379 (116th) To reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program.
- H.R. 2770 (116th) Huntington’s Disease Parity Act of 2019
- H.R. 1142 (116th) Stop the Attack on Local Taxpayers Act of 2019
- H.R. 1735 (116th) Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2019
- H.R. 3248 (116th) Better Oversight of Secondary Sales and Accountability in Concert Ticketing Act of 2019
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.