House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Increase Federal Disaster Cost Share Act of 2021

H.R. 1951Introduced Mar 16, 2021Policy area: Emergency Management

Sponsor: Rep. Mike Thompson D-CA

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 16, 2021
Committee actionMar 24, 2021
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Apr 6, 2022 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 213.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1951.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1951, Increase Federal Disaster Cost Share Act of 2021” on November 2, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 24, 2021”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 2, 2021 ↗
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November 2, 2021
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1951, 117th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-289 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on April 6, 2022.
Source: Congress.gov, reported April 6, 2022 ↗
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H.R. 1951, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 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. THOMPSON of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 49, March 16, 2021, Page H1414):
Article 1
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H.R. 1951, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1951
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
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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

18 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 17 Democrats

1 of 18 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.

Ami Bera (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Jackie Speier (D-CA).

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-5 district

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Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.