House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Keep Americans Safe Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 12, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 19, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4052.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESTY of Connecticut, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 164, October 12, 2017, Page H8032):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 12, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4052, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4052
- 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
109 cosponsors — 109 Democrats
0 of 109 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) and 79 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elizabeth Esty.
- H.R. 255 (115th) Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act
- H.R. 6335 (115th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 322 Main Street in Oakville, Connecticut, as the "Oakville…
- H.R. 6418 (115th) VA Website Accessibility Act of 2018
- H.R. 4673 (115th) Promoting Women in the Aviation Workforce Act
- H.R. 1758 (115th) Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2017
- H.R. 3813 (115th) Combating Human Trafficking in Commercial Vehicles 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.