House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act of 2020
Sponsor: Rep. Adriano Espaillat D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 2019
- Committee actionFeb 26, 2020
- Passed HouseNov 17, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 18, 2020 — 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. 2914.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 2914, Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act of 2020” on November 17, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the website of the House of Representatives (https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20201116/BILLS-116hr2914-SUSv1.pdf)”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 17, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56777
- CBO publication date
- November 17, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2914, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2914
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 2914, Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act of 2020” on November 17, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the website of the House of Representatives (https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20201116/BILLS-116hr2914-SUSv1.pdf)”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 17, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56777
- CBO publication date
- November 17, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2914, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2914
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6a705a52ed9c6e9222b49c9d4e8d0e864cae1e02e3dfee9e56cd8dbadda9384e
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-574 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 16, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 16, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/574
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2914, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2914
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6a705a52ed9c6e9222b49c9d4e8d0e864cae1e02e3dfee9e56cd8dbadda9384e
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESPAILLAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 86, May 22, 2019, Page H4120):Article One Of the United States Constitution, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power--To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereofSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 331 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2914, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2914
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6a705a52ed9c6e9222b49c9d4e8d0e864cae1e02e3dfee9e56cd8dbadda9384e
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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 — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Al Lawson (D-FL), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
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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.