House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Federal Emergency Management Advancement of Equity Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 27, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 28, 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. 5775.
- 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. 157, September 27, 2023, Page H4715):Article I, section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To ensure greater equity in Federal disaster assistance policies and programs.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 27, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 142 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5775, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5775
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 7, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
18 cosponsors — 18 Democrats
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Troy Carter (D-LA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Dina Titus (D-NV), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bennie Thompson.
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- H.R. 8370 (118th) Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2024
- H.R. 3394 (118th) Fund the TSA Act
- H.Res. 1555 (118th) Condemning the spreading of disinformation and malicious rumors that have led to threats against disaster response personnel.
- H.R. 5460 (118th) Bolstering Security Against Ghost Guns Act
- H.Res. 1261 (118th) Honoring the service and sacrifices of the men and women of the U.S. Border Patrol and their families on its centennial.
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.