House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Ending Major Borderland Environmental Ruin from Wildfires (EMBER) Act
Official title: To mitigate environmental degradation and wildland fires caused by illegal immigration along the southern border of the United States, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 4, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2026.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CALVERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 45, March 11, 2025, Page H1151):Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 111 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2026, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2026
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 30, 2025
- 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.
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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
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ken Calvert.
- H.R. 4638 (119th) Federal Working Animal Protection Act
- H.R. 1663 (119th) VSAFE Act of 2025
- H.R. 831 (119th) Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Amendment Act of 2025
- H.R. 252 (119th) Secure Our Ports Act of 2025
- H.R. 4016 (119th) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.Res. 978 (119th) Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Doug LaMalfa.
Related bills
- H.R. 1820 (119th) FLASH ActRelated 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.