H.R. 7077Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act

1 recorded action234 of these members are on the 2026 ballotWhat the measure does Read on Congress.gov

Sponsor: Ritchie Torres [D-NY-15]
Cosponsors: 34 · 30 Democrats · 4 Republicans
Policy area: Emergency Management
Committees: Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Latest action: Dec 20, 2022 · Became Public Law No: 117-246.

IntroducedMar 15, 2022
Passed the HouseMay 11, 2022
Passed the SenateDec 6, 2022
Sent to the PresidentDec 16, 2022
Became lawDec 20, 2022

What the measure doesCRS summary

This act authorizes the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) to conduct on-site fire safety investigations of major fires and other fires under other specified circumstances.

In the case of a major fire, the USFA may send incident investigators (e.g., safety specialists, fire protection engineers, codes and standards experts, researchers, and fire training specialists) to the site. Any such investigation shall (1) be conducted in coordination and cooperation with appropriate federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial authorities; and (2) examine the previously determined cause and origin of the fire and assess broader systematic matters.

Upon concluding any such investigation, the USFA must issue a public report to federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial authorities on the findings of such investigation or collaborate with another investigating federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial agency on that agency's report. The act makes an exception where issuing a report would have a negative impact on a potential or ongoing criminal investigation.

Additionally, the USFA may send fire investigators to conduct fire safety investigations at the site of any fire with unusual or remarkable context that results in losses less severe than those occurring as a result of a major fire, in coordination and cooperation with the appropriate federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial authorities.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 7077 as public Law on Dec 20, 2022. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 153

House May 11, 2022

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

379 Yea 37 Nay 12 not voting

Crossed both parties 37 of 416 voting members broke with their own party: 37 Republicans.

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All members428 members

Democratic220 members

Republican208 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors34 · 30 Democrats · 4 Republicans

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 7077 and vote against it. 3 signed when it was filed.

Who lobbied on H.R. 70772 organizations

Organizations that named H.R. 7077 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERSIts PAC: International Association of Firefighters Interested in Registration & Education PAC

Transportation · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice · Budget/Appropriations · Chemicals/Chemical Industry +10 more4 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2022Filing

U.S. GLOBAL LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGN

Budget/Appropriations · Foreign Relations2 filings · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2022Filing

6 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-04. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.