House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
FEMA Independence Act of 2025
Official title: To establish the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a cabinet-level independent agency, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 24, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2308.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOSKOWITZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 53, March 24, 2025, Page H1219):Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee find the authority for this legislation in article 1, section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 184 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2308, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2308
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9383893e322758d7c3fc42aa319bcb8cc433d0263684c6e2e7a192de42461d03
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 13, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jared Moskowitz.
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- H.Res. 802 (119th) Requiring the House of Representatives to convene and hold recorded quorum calls during a Government shutdown, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 4461 (119th) To amend section 2112 of title 44, United States Code, to appropriately limit donations to Presidential Libraries and Centers.
- H.R. 6660 (119th) Replace Animal Tests Act of 2025
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.