House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Protection from Abusive Passengers Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 6, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 7, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7433.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SWALWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 61, April 6, 2022, Page H4397):Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 6, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 189 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7433, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7433
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
21 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 19 Democrats
2 of 21 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eric Swalwell.
- H.R. 3359 (117th) Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act of 2021
- H.R. 7777 (117th) Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training Act
- H.Res. 40 (117th) Appointing and authorizing managers for the impeachment trial of Donald John Trump, President of the United States.
- H.R. 1441 (117th) No Guns for Abusers Act of 2021
- H.R. 1266 (117th) Duty to Report Act
- H.R. 4857 (117th) Journalist Protection 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.