HR 7949 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Stay Cool Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 3, 2022 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 3, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Stay Cool Act

This bill addresses risks associated with extreme heat, including through grants and activities that support (1) public preparedness and response to heat emergencies, (2) community-based interventions (e.g., cooling centers), (3) air conditioning and other cooling mechanisms in federally assisted housing, and (4) urban green spaces and vegetation.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 3, 2022 to Jul 26, 2022, with 15 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJun 3, 2022
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalJun 3, 2022
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJun 3, 2022
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalJun 3, 2022
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalJun 3, 2022
D-PADwight EvansOriginalJun 3, 2022
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJun 3, 2022
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJun 3, 2022
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJun 3, 2022
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalJun 3, 2022
D-GUMichael F. Q. San NicolasOriginalJun 3, 2022
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalJun 3, 2022
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalJun 3, 2022
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalJun 3, 2022
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalJun 3, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 3, 2022Introduced in House
  2. Jun 3, 2022Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 4166SHADE ActRelated billJun 24, 2021

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 3, 2022Introduced in House

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