House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery Act
Official title: To amend the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 to address ecosystem restoration projects, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 21, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6256.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOWNING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 197, November 21, 2025, Page H4896):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6256, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6256
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Marie Perez (D-WA), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Tony Wied (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Troy Downing.
- H.R. 7250 (119th) To reauthorize the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000.
- H.J.Res. 104 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…
- H.R. 1190 (119th) Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act
- H.R. 4495 (119th) SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act
- H.R. 3959 (119th) Protecting Private Job Creators Act
- H.R. 725 (119th) Crow Revenue Act
Related bills
- S. 1564 (119th) Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.