HR 4300 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Real Emergencies Act

Introduced Jun 22, 2023 Originated House Sponsor August Pfluger R-TX

Latest action · Jun 23, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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.

IntroducedJun 22, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 22, 2023 to Oct 25, 2023; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TX	Beth Van Duyne	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-VA	Bob Good	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-TX	Brian Babin	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-FL	Byron Donalds	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-LA	Clay Higgins	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-PA	Daniel Meuser	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-NC	David Rouzer	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-AL	Gary J. Palmer	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-OK	Kevin Hern	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-IL	Mary E. Miller	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-PA	Scott Perry	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube	Original	Jun 22, 2023
R-OK	Josh Brecheen		Jun 27, 2023
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Oct 25, 2023

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Referred Jun 22, 2023
	Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee	Referred Jun 23, 2023
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jun 22, 2023
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jun 23, 2023

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 23, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 23, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Jun 22, 2023Introduced in House
Jun 22, 2023Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: To deny the President authority to declare a national emergency, an emergency or major disaster, or public health emergency on the premise of climate change.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 109, June 22, 2023, page H3111.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To clarify the inability of the President to declare national emergencies under the National Emergencies Act, major disasters or emergencies under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and public health emergencies under the Public Health Service Act on the premise of climate change, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Real Emergencies Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 22, 2023Introduced in House

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