House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Downwinder Commemoration Act of 2025
Official title: To direct the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Air Force, and the Secretary of the Interior to obtain and place plaques honoring the Downwinder communities of New Mexico, who suffered detrimental health effects as a result of exposure to radioactive fallout.
Sponsor: Rep. Gabe Vasquez D-NMWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 2, 2025
- Committee actionApr 21, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 21, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4290.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4290, Downwinder Commemoration Act” on April 30, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 21, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 30, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62400
- CBO publication date
- April 30, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4290, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4290
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VASQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 114, July 2, 2025, Page H3189):Article 1, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United State Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of the Congress.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 2, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 187 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4290, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4290
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2a61610dc148f4fffcc313317c2c29f3136348b84b7e8a0a52d163718804c95e
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gabe Vasquez.
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.