House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act
Official title: To make available necessary disaster assistance for families affected by major disasters, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Adriano Espaillat D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 16, 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. 426.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESPAILLAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 8, January 15, 2025, Page H186):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 426, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/426
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Young Kim (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adriano Espaillat.
- H.R. 4368 (119th) Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act
- H.R. 1787 (119th) Roberto Clemente Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 1061 (119th) Protecting Sensitive Locations Act
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- H.R. 4651 (119th) Immigration Enforcement Staff Body Camera Accountability Act
- H.R. 2974 (119th) Training and Nutrition Stability
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.