House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Extreme Temperatures Injustice in Prisons Act of 2026
Official title: To improve response to, and preparation for, extreme temperatures, in Federal correctional facilities.
Sponsor: Rep. Alma Adams D-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 6, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 6, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. 9591.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ADAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 111, July 6, 2026, Page H4375):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 6, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9591, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9591
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 August 11, 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
19 cosponsors — 19 Democrats
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Analilia Mejia (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams.
- H.R. 2357 (119th) Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025
- H.Con.Res. 114 (119th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.
- H.Con.Res. 42 (119th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.
- H.R. 8074 (119th) Kira Johnson Act
- H.Res. 332 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2025, as the eighth annual "Black Maternal Health Week", founded by…
- H.Res. 1183 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2026, as "Black Maternal Health Week", founded by Black Mamas Matter…
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.