House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Cerro Pelado Fire Assistance Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 3, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 27, 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. 5888.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 162, October 3, 2023, Page H4987):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Disaster relief By Mo. LEGER FERNANDEZ: H.R. 5889. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Disaster reliefSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 3, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 270 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5888, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5888
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 15, 2026
- 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 January 15, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Con.Res. 72 (118th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Latina women in comparison to men.
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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.