House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Public Safety Enhancement Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 2, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6132.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEHLS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 208, December 2, 2021, Page H6910):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 2, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6132, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6132
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 2, 2026
- 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 February 2, 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
83 cosponsors — 72 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 83 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Jerry Carl (R-AL), John Carter (R-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Tom Cole (R-OK), Angie Craig (D-MN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Pat Fallon (R-TX), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Jared Golden (D-ME) and 53 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Troy Nehls.
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- H.R. 3529 (117th) SCORE Act of 2021
- H.R. 2100 (117th) Providing Americans with LNG Safely Act
- H.R. 8212 (117th) Stop Child Abuse Act
- H.R. 8507 (117th) Scope 3 Act
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.