House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

FEMA Assistance Relief Act of 2020

H.R. 8266Introduced Sep 16, 2020Policy area: Emergency Management

Where it went

IntroducedSep 16, 2020
Committee actionSep 30, 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. 8266.

Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-580 ↗. 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 ↗
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H.R. 8266, 116th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
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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. DeFAZIO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 160, September 16, 2020, Page H4491):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18 of the Constitution.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 16, 2020 ↗
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H.R. 8266, 116th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of December 5, 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

43 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 41 Democrats

2 of 43 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.

Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) and 13 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Peter DeFazio.

Sponsor’s state and district

Oregon in Congress · OR-4 district

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