House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 2021
Sponsor: Rep. John Katko R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 2021
- Committee actionJul 28, 2021
- Passed HouseNov 4, 2021 · 402–11
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 14, 2022 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 545.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3709.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3709, Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 2021” on October 20, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 28, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 20, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57562
- CBO publication date
- October 20, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3709, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3709
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3709, Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 2021” on September 15, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on August 3, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58480
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3709, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3709
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8c58df1402c88726ce4eaa7b250d09e4f07c36c85950b57435f83ff78c2c0797
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 117-194 ↗; H. Rept. 117-160 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 14, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/SRPT/194
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/160 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3709, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3709
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8c58df1402c88726ce4eaa7b250d09e4f07c36c85950b57435f83ff78c2c0797
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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. KATKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 97, June 4, 2021, Page H2693):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3709, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3709
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8c58df1402c88726ce4eaa7b250d09e4f07c36c85950b57435f83ff78c2c0797
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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Tom Rice (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Katko.
- H.R. 5681 (117th) Shadow Wolves Enhancement Act
- H.R. 1833 (117th) DHS Industrial Control Systems Capabilities Enhancement Act of 2021
- H.R. 3264 (117th) Domains Critical to Homeland Security Act
- H.R. 4094 (117th) One-Stop Pilot Program Act of 2021
- H.R. 7211 (117th) Small State and Rural Rescue Act
- H.R. 473 (117th) Trusted Traveler Reconsideration and Restoration Act of 2021
Sponsor’s state and district
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.