House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Safe Emergency Response Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 15, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 13, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4398.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BARRAGAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 187, November 15, 2017, Page H9377):the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and it subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 15, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 189 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4398, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4398
- 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
18 cosponsors — 18 Democrats
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ruben Kihuen (D-NV), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Darren Soto (D-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nanette Barragán.
- H.R. 5089 (115th) Strengthening Local Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2018
- H.R. 4888 (115th) Safe COAST Act
- H.R. 2943 (115th) Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Grant Program Act
- H.R. 6180 (115th) Mental Health Care for Children Inhumanely Separated from Parents by the Federal Government Act of 2018
- H.R. 3563 (115th) Veterans' Pathway to Citizenship Act of 2017
- H.R. 4246 (115th) No Drilling in Our Backyards 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.