House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Expediting Disaster Recovery Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 28, 2021
- Committee actionJun 15, 2022
- Passed HouseSep 14, 2022 · 406–20
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 15, 2022 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5774.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-461 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on September 13, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 13, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/461
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5774, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5774
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
588a986e80167bcb41401007c4a85bb58c538cc1d748f690508bb01f83fed881
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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. GRAVES of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 190, October 28, 2021, Page H6034):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the common defense and general welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 28, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 289 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5774, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5774
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
588a986e80167bcb41401007c4a85bb58c538cc1d748f690508bb01f83fed881
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
John Garamendi (D-CA), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI).
More from the sponsor
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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.