House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Post-Disaster Protection Act
Official title: To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to establish parity for submission and decision timelines for appeals of assistance decisions under such Act, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 21, 2026
- Committee actionSep 15, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 15, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8409.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FROST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 70, April 21, 2026, Page H3046):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and 18 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8409, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8409
- 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 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
17 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 6 Democrats
11 of 17 cosponsors (65%) are from the other party.
Kathy Castor (D-FL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Brian Mast (R-FL), Cory Mills (R-FL), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Jimmy Patronis (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxwell Frost.
- H.R. 1307 (119th) Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2025
- H.R. 4100 (119th) End Junk Fees for Renters Act
- H.R. 10231 (119th) No Homeless Detention Centers Act
- H.R. 1788 (119th) Fair Grocery Pricing Act
- H.R. 4994 (119th) Safe Air on Airplanes Act
- H.R. 4078 (119th) Stop Unlawful Detention and End Mistreatment Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.