House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
FASTER Act
Official title: To authorize grants to fire departments to conduct activities with the goals of reducing falls among older adults and reducing response time when responding to in-home emergencies, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Lois Frankel D-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 26, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5575.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 158, September 26, 2025, Page H4502):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5575, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5575
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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 October 14, 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
12 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 12 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lois Frankel.
- H.Con.Res. 81 (119th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women.
- H.R. 764 (119th) Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act
- H.Con.Res. 21 (119th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women.
- H.R. 6358 (119th) Veteran Education Empowerment Act
- H.Con.Res. 52 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of September 22 through September 28, 2025, as "National Falls Prevention Awareness Week" to raise…
- H.Con.Res. 120 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of September 21 through September 25, 2026, as "National Falls Prevention Awareness Week" to raise…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.