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House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Public Safety Act

H.R. 979Introduced Mar 4, 1999Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsor: Rep. Ted Strickland D-OH
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 31, 1999 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

145 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 123 Democrats, 1 independent

22 of 145 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Brian Baird (D-WA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), David Bonior (D-MI), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Robert Brady (D-PA), George Brown (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), William Clay (D-MO), Gary Condit (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Jerry Costello (D-IL), William Coyne (D-PA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and 115 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ted Strickland.

Sponsor’s state and district

Ohio in Congress · OH-6 district

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Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.