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Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act

H.R. 4517Introduced Jul 17, 2025Policy area: Education

Official title: To amend section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require certain institutions of higher education to develop and implement a venue-specific heat-related illnesses emergency action plan, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Kweisi Mfume D-MD
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Where it went

Latest action: Jul 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4517.

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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

9 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 8 Democrats

1 of 9 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.

André Carson (D-IN), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), David Scott (D-GA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kweisi Mfume.

Related bills

Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.

Sponsor’s state and district

Maryland in Congress · MD-7 district

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Data as of Oct 10, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.