House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Wildfire Smoke Emergency Declaration Act of 2026
Official title: To authorize the President to declare a smoke emergency, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Josh Harder D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 10, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 10, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9243.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARDER of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 98, June 10, 2026, Page H4085):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9243, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9243
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 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 8, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Josh Harder.
- H.R. 776 (119th) Nutria Eradication and Control Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 345 (119th) Fire Department Repayment Act of 2025
- H.R. 4671 (119th) Ensuring Casualty Assistance for our Firefighters Act
- H.R. 2910 (119th) Youth Workforce Readiness Act of 2025
- H.R. 4852 (119th) Wildfire Emergency Preparedness Act of 2025
- H.R. 914 (119th) American CANS Act
Related bills
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.