House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

FEMA for Safe Recovery Act

H.R. 10281Introduced Sep 3, 2026Policy area: Emergency Management

Official title: To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to issue guidance and regulations relating to preventing gender-based violence, human trafficking, and sexual exploitation, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Lucy McBath D-GA

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Where it went

IntroducedSep 3, 2026
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Latest action: Sep 3, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10281.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McBATH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 140, September 3, 2026, Page H5510):
Article I, Section 8, clause 18, provides Congress with the power to ``make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution'' the powers enumerated in Article I and ``all other Powers vested by [the] Constitution of the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 3, 2026 ↗
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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 Republican

1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.

Laurel Lee (R-FL).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lucy McBath.

Sponsor’s state and district

Georgia in Congress · GA-6 district

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Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.