House bill · 117th Congress · Public Law 117-246

Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act

H.R. 7077Introduced Mar 15, 2022Policy area: Emergency Management

Became law on Dec 20, 2022.

Sponsor: Rep. Ritchie Torres D-NY

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 15, 2022
Committee actionApr 5, 2022
Passed HouseMay 11, 2022 · 379–37
Passed SenateDec 6, 2022 · by unanimous consent
To the PresidentDec 16, 2022
Became lawDec 20, 2022

Latest action: Dec 20, 2022 — Became Public Law No: 117-246.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7077.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7077, Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act” on October 6, 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, October 6, 2022 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58561
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October 6, 2022
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 7077, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7077
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 17, 2025
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Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 117-309 ↗; S. Rept. 117-195 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported November 14, 2022 ↗
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/SRPT/195
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 7077, 117th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 17, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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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. TORRES of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 46, March 15, 2022, Page H3744):
Article 1, Section 8.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 15, 2022 ↗
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H.R. 7077, 117th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7077
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 17, 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

34 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 30 Democrats

4 of 34 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.

Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), André Carson (D-IN), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Peter Meijer (R-MI), Grace Meng (D-NY), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Marie Newman (D-IL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY) and 4 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ritchie Torres.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-15 district

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