House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025
Official title: To amend certain laws relating to disaster recovery and relief with respect to the implementation of building codes, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 26, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 3, 2025 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 273.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 501.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 501, Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025” on April 4, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 26, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61310
- CBO publication date
- April 4, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 501, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/501
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-319 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on October 3, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 3, 2025 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/319
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 501, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/501
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54c0ae6a610eb2d16da4bea8c67df152613b63e9e9e0b5a8568409da9817af50
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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. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 9, January 16, 2025, Page H222):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 ``Regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2025 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 132 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 501, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/501
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54c0ae6a610eb2d16da4bea8c67df152613b63e9e9e0b5a8568409da9817af50
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.