House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
FIRE Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 13, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 13, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5010.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARCIA of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 146, August 13, 2021, Page H4331):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 13, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 170 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5010, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5010
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5010, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
6 of 7 cosponsors (86%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Young Kim (R-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Garcia.
- H.R. 2650 (117th) Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act of 2021
- H.R. 6485 (117th) Inflation Prevention Act
- H.R. 4516 (117th) PROTECT Act
- H.R. 1563 (117th) To extend the authorities under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act of 2016 providing operational flexibility…
- H.R. 202 (117th) SALT Fairness Act of 2021
- H.R. 8008 (117th) Safe Schools Act
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.