House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Public and Federally Assisted Housing Fire Safety Act of 2022
Sponsor: Rep. Madeleine Dean D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 8, 2022
- Committee actionJun 22, 2022
- Passed HouseJul 27, 2022
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2022 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7981.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-426 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on July 20, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 20, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/426
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7981, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7981
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DEAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 98, June 8, 2022, Page H5409):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 8, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7981, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7981
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
67d8e5c61ed208f3a436d9e1dbfa485af68004c3aa26cd1bdd30b2e941ba2dea
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of December 5, 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 — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Madeleine Dean.
- H.R. 3962 (117th) SECURE Notarization Act of 2022
- H.R. 7952 (117th) Valley Forge Park Realignment Permit and Promise Act
- H.R. 5677 (117th) To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 2, United States Code, title 50…
- H.R. 1491 (117th) Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act
- H.R. 1629 (117th) Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act
- H.R. 7716 (117th) Coordinating Substance Use and Homelessness Care Act of 2022
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.