House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SMART Act
Official title: To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness, long-term cost savings, and strategic impact of Federal Emergency Management Agency-funded hazard mitigation activities across the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Bresnahan R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jul 17, 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. 4426.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRESNAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 122, July 16, 2025, Page H3368):Article I of the Constitution provides Congress the authority of oversight of Executive Branch agencies and power of the purse.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 127 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4426, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4426
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 1, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of November 1, 2025). 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
4 of 4 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
John Garamendi (D-CA), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Bresnahan.
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- H.R. 3428 (119th) Mid-Atlantic River Basin Commissions Review Act
- H.R. 2987 (119th) CEASE Act of 2025
- H.R. 4782 (119th) Local Farmers Feeding our Communities Act
- H.R. 6075 (119th) Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2025
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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.