House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Safe COAST Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2018
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jan 31, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4888.
- 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. 164, No. 19, January 29, 2018, Page H677):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 29, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4888, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4888
- 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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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
64 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 62 Democrats
2 of 64 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Val Demings (D-FL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William Keating (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ruben Kihuen (D-NV), Barbara Lee (D-CA) and 34 more.
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. 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. 4398 (115th) Safe Emergency Response Act
- 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.