House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act
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.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
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.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MFUME, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 123, July 17, 2025, Page H3476):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which gives Congress the power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 318 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4517, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4517
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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
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).
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