House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Wildfire Smoke Emergency Declaration Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 1, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 5, 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. 5329.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARDER of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 141, September 1, 2023, Page H4218):Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To authorize the President to declare a smoke emergency.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 1, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 140 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5329, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5329
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
48c23801f368d759b47fc7a973ca789f6816b476ca4ef8c4e1c912ccb2a61eb2
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 September 8, 2026). 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Josh Harder.
- H.R. 3396 (118th) Fire Department Repayment Act of 2023
- H.R. 8308 (118th) Nutria Eradication and Control Reauthorization Act of 2024
- H.R. 3369 (118th) Artificial Intelligence Accountability Act
- H.R. 3416 (118th) Youth Workforce Readiness Act of 2023
- H.R. 4911 (118th) Supporting the Health and Safety of Law Enforcement Act of 2023
- H.R. 8656 (118th) Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2024
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.