Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2025
Latest action · Jul 14, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedApr 30, 2025
- Passed HouseJul 13, 2026
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2025
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and conduct an exercise to enhance collective domestic preparedness for and response to a terrorist attack during an extreme cold weather event (e.g., an event caused by a polar vortex when Arctic air expands southward). The scenario in the exercise must involve a terrorist attack causing cascading effects on critical infrastructure (i.e., systems and assets of vital importance to national security, public health, or safety) and must address how public and private entities can coordinate to mitigate such effects and bolster community resilience.
Within 60 days after completion of the exercise, DHS must submit to Congress an after-action report including the initial findings of the exercise, plans for incorporating lessons learned into future operations, and any proposed legislative changes.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 234 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed400–7 | Jul 13, 2026 |
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 30, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Apr 30, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Apr 30, 2025Markup Jun 24, 2026Reported Jul 13, 2026 |
| Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee | Referred May 1, 2025Discharged Jun 24, 2026 | |
| Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee | Referred May 1, 2025Discharged Jun 24, 2026 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 14, 2026 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 14, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Jul 13, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 400 - 7 (Roll no. 234). (text: CR H4394-4395)
- Jul 13, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4394-4395)
- Jul 13, 2026Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4403)
- Jul 13, 2026Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-744.
- Jul 13, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 648.
- Jul 13, 2026Mr. Garbarino moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jul 13, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3106.
- Jul 13, 2026At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Jul 13, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 24, 2026Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology Discharged
- Jun 24, 2026Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence Discharged
- Jun 24, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jun 24, 2026Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 0.
- May 1, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
- May 1, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
- Apr 30, 2025Introduced in House
- Apr 30, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4394, H4395Text printed H4394 | Andrew R. Garbarino R-NY, James R. Walkinshaw D-VA, Timothy M. Kennedy D-NY | Jul 13, 2026 |
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.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 72, April 30, 2025, page H1776.
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a collective response to a terrorism exercise that includes the management of cascading effects on critical infrastructure during times of extreme cold weather, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2025
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2025
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a collective response to a terrorism exercise that includes the management of cascading effects on critical infrastructure during times of extreme cold weather, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 14, 2026Referred in Senate
- Jul 13, 2026Engrossed in House
- Jul 13, 2026Reported in House
- Apr 30, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
