House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Disaster Aid Without Delay Act of 2026
Official title: To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from carrying out any policy that imposes an arbitrary monetary threshold on the obligation or disbursement of disaster relief funds, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Mar 6, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7829.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HERNANDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 42, March 5, 2026, Page H2472):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 57 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7829, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7829
- 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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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
14 cosponsors — 14 Democrats
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Troy Carter (D-LA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Al Green (D-TX), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), George Latimer (D-NY), Nellie Pou (D-NJ), Darren Soto (D-FL), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pablo Hernández.
- H.R. 2261 (119th) Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act
- H.R. 5168 (119th) Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act
- H.Res. 724 (119th) Recognizing the eighth anniversary of Hurricane Maria's destruction of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.
- H.R. 9246 (119th) Puerto Rico Democratic Self Determination Act
- H.R. 2632 (119th) TRICARE Equality Act
- H.R. 3238 (119th) HABLA Act of 2025
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.