House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Big Cat Public Safety Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2019
- Committee actionSep 18, 2019
- Passed HouseDec 3, 2020 · 272–114
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 7, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1380.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1380, Big Cat Public Safety Act” on December 5, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 18, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 5, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55922
- CBO publication date
- December 5, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1380, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1380
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1380, Big Cat Public Safety Act” on March 6, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 18, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 6, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56240
- CBO publication date
- March 6, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1380, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1380
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-430 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 8, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 8, 2020 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/430
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1380, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1380
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. QUIGLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 35, February 26, 2019, Page H2235):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2019 ↗
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- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1380, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1380
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
230 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 207 Democrats
22 of 230 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ken Buck (R-CO), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA) and 200 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Quigley.
- H.R. 4894 (116th) Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2020
- H.R. 3351 (116th) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020
- H.R. 736 (116th) Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act
- H.R. 264 (116th) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019
- H.R. 1023 (116th) Great Lakes Fishery Research Authorization Act of 2019
- H.R. 7668 (116th) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2021
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.