House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
EMS Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 24, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 25, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3626.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 88, May 24, 2023, Page H2597):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To set training requirements on eligibility for certain emergency management performance grants.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 24, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 160 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3626, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3626
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 July 24, 2024). 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bennie Thompson.
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- H.Res. 1555 (118th) Condemning the spreading of disinformation and malicious rumors that have led to threats against disaster response personnel.
- H.R. 5775 (118th) Federal Emergency Management Advancement of Equity Act
- H.R. 5460 (118th) Bolstering Security Against Ghost Guns Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.