House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SAFE Rural Act
Official title: To amend section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to establish within the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program a dedicated rural flood resilience supplemental allocation providing formula-based pass-through grants to rural communities through a set-aside from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Disaster Relief Fund, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Pat Harrigan R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 21, 2026
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Latest action: Jul 21, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9804.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARRIGAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 119, July 21, 2026, Page H5023):Congress enacts this Act pursuant to clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 93 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9804, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9804
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.