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House vote: H.R. 2932 // February 10, 2020Needed two-thirds to pass

Homeland Security for Children Act

Sponsor: Donald Payne (D-NJ)

This bill requires the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to review and incorporate into DHS policy feedback from organizations representing the needs of children. The bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to identify and integrate the needs of children into activities to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against the risk of natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, including by appointing a technical expert to coordinate such integration.

Emergency Management Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

374 votes, representing 216,757,693 people85.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

11 votes, representing 6,497,040 people2.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 11.7% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon37485.8%
NayLost112.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken011.7%