House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 14, 2023
- Committee actionNov 15, 2023
- Passed HouseDec 11, 2023 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2024 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 440.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5473.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5473, Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2024” on July 2, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 10, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 2, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60491
- CBO publication date
- July 2, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5473, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5473
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 118-305 ↗; S. Rept. 118-194 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 23, 2024 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/305
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/194 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5473, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5473
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 Mr. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 149, September 14, 2023, Page H4347):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 ``Regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Eliminates the sunset in the Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA) to the definition of building codes to include the last 2 cycles plus allowing for amendments, and updates the definition of building codes in Section 205 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Grants to Entities for Establishment of Hazard Mitigation Revolving Loan Funds.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2023 ↗
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- Statement length
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- H.R. 5473, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5473
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
743e0c83ad0cf4d42b427ad5839778159ec87797badd8f5eb0e5c7be73ed8013
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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.
Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Donald Norcross (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chuck Edwards.
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- H.R. 6241 (118th) FULL Act
- H.R. 2830 (118th) Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License Act of 2023
- H.R. 5967 (118th) Unemployment Integrity Act of 2023
- H.R. 5104 (118th) National Dam Safety Program Reauthorization Act of 2023
- H.R. 6520 (118th) No Representation Without Legal Immigration Act
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.