House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 17, 2017
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 23, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 24, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 588.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALLONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 10, January 17, 2017, Page H553):Article 1, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution. That provision gives Congress the power ``to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' ____________________Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 17, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 222 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 588, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/588
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 September 8, 2026). 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank Pallone.
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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.