House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Disaster Survivors Fairness Act of 2025
Official title: To improve individual assistance provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Chuck Edwards R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2025 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E160-161)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1245.
- 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. 171, No. 29, February 12, 2025, Page H677):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 ``Regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 132 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1245, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1245
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 April 14, 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
8 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 7 Democrats
7 of 8 cosponsors (88%) are from the other party.
Troy Carter (D-LA), Ed Case (D-HI), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chuck Edwards.
- H.R. 151 (119th) Equal Representation Act of 2025
- H.R. 501 (119th) Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025
- H.Res. 711 (119th) Honoring the victims of Hurricane Helene and expressing condolences and support for the affected communities in western North Carolina…
- H.R. 7356 (119th) To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the use of Federal funds for election administration in States that permit ballot…
- H.R. 1119 (119th) Unemployment Integrity Act of 2025
- H.R. 3627 (119th) Justice for America’s Veterans and Survivors Act of 2025
Related bills
- H.R. 4669 (119th) FEMA Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.