House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
SAFE for America Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 413.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POSEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 12, January 21, 2021, Page H225):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution, which grants Congress the authority 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 21, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 335 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 413, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/413
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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
16 cosponsors — 16 Republicans
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Sam Graves (R-MO), H. Griffith (R-VA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Jody Hice (R-GA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Mary Miller (R-IL), Steven Palazzo (R-MS).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Posey.
- H.R. 2533 (117th) NEAR Act of 2021
- H.R. 2104 (117th) RECAL Act
- H.Res. 655 (117th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 18 through September 25, 2021, as "National Estuaries Week".
- H.Res. 1358 (117th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 17 through September 24, 2022, as "National Estuaries Week".
- H.R. 1369 (117th) American Space Commerce Act of 2021
- H.Res. 1329 (117th) Recognizing the need for greater access to rural and agricultural media programming.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.