House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Heating and Cooling Relief Act
Official title: To amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to increase the availability of heating and cooling assistance, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Yassamin Ansari D-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 31, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 31, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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. 2486.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ANSARI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 57, March 31, 2025, Page H1375):Article 1 Section VIIISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 22 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2486, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2486
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 3, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
53 cosponsors — 53 Democrats
0 of 53 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Wesley Bell (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Mike Levin (D-CA) and 23 more.
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Related bills
- S. 1214 (119th) Heating and Cooling Relief ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 3, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.