House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Safe RESEARCH Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 10, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 25, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 437.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SENSENBRENNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 5, January 10, 2019, Page H463):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have the power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 165 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 437, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/437
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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 January 3, 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
19 cosponsors — 19 Republicans
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Ted Budd (R-NC), Earl Carter (R-GA), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Andy Harris (R-MD), John Joyce (R-PA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Pete Olson (R-TX), Martha Roby (R-AL), Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. F. Sensenbrenner.
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- H.R. 3396 (116th) Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders Research Enhancement Act of 2019
- H.R. 1799 (116th) Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2019
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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.