House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Securing American Families by Educating and Training You (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 14, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5846.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEWIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 114, July 14, 2016, Pages H5013-H5014):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 224 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5846, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5846
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
26 cosponsors — 26 Democrats
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Corrine Brown (D-FL), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), John Larson (D-CT), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Lewis.
- H.R. 2880 (114th) Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2016
- H.Res. 4 (114th) Authorizing the Clerk to inform the President of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk.
- H.R. 12 (114th) Voter Empowerment Act of 2015
- H.Con.Res. 160 (114th) Recognizing the opening of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, the only national museum dedicated…
- H.R. 2449 (114th) Every Child Deserves a Family Act
- H.R. 5067 (114th) Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.