Bills · 119th Congress · Emergency Management

Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2025

Where it stands

  1. Introduced4/30/25
  2. Passed HousePassed 7/13/26
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 400–7 on July 13, 2026 (Roll Call 234 →). Received in the Senate on July 14, 2026. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · 7/13/26Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic201 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Not voting
  • Republican198 Yea · 7 Nay · 12 Not voting
  • Independent / Other1 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

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.

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Sponsor
Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy ( Democrat · NY-26)
Cosponsors
1
Introduced
4/30/25
Policy area
Emergency Management

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.

All actions (19)
  1. 4/30/25Introduced in House
  2. 4/30/25Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
  3. 5/1/25Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
  4. 5/1/25Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
  5. 6/24/26Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology Discharged
  6. 6/24/26Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence Discharged
  7. 6/24/26Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. 6/24/26Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 0.
  9. 7/13/26Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-744.
  10. 7/13/26Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 648.
  11. 7/13/26Mr. Garbarino moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  12. 7/13/26Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4394-4395)
  13. 7/13/26DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3106.
  14. 7/13/26At 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.
  15. 7/13/26Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4403)
  16. 7/13/26Passed/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)
  17. 7/13/26On 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)
  18. 7/13/26Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  19. 7/14/26Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.