House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
RAPID Responders Act of 2026
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to require certain specifications for safety placards, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 7, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: May 7, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8713.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. SYKES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 78, May 7, 2026, Page H3343):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8713, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8713
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
21b8835cb8a6b1af521d92dadbc5ed119c6d252edd51b1af8d1e106b0872606a
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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Emilia Sykes.
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- H.R. 2016 (119th) Feed Our Families Act of 2025
- H.J.Res. 123 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare…
- H.R. 971 (119th) RAIL Act
- H.R. 5661 (119th) Water Preservation and Affordability 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.