House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Big Cat Public Safety Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 30, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 11, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1818.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DENHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 56, March 30, 2017, Page H2600):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution: ``The Congress shall have the power . . . To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 30, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 210 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1818, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1818
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
144 cosponsors — 43 Republicans, 101 Democrats
101 of 144 cosponsors (70%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Chris Collins (R-NY), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Charlie Crist (D-FL) and 114 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jeff Denham.
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- H.R. 5974 (115th) VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act
- H.R. 597 (115th) Lytton Rancheria Homelands Act of 2017
- H.Res. 774 (115th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4760) to amend the immigration laws and the homeland security laws, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 60 (115th) ENLIST Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.