House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Safeguard Israel Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Jan 31, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 769.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GRANGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 16, January 31, 2017, Page H820):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution that the Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 333 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 769, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/769
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 4, 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 December 4, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Richard Hudson (R-NC), David Kustoff (R-TN), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Randy Weber (R-TX), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kay Granger.
- H.R. 6157 (115th) Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019
- H.R. 3219 (115th) Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018
- H.R. 2532 (115th) Vulnerable Children and Families Act of 2017
- H.R. 5135 (115th) Securing Children in Schools Act of 2018
- H.R. 4877 (115th) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018
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.