House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Keep Americans Safe Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 21, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 21, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9207.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DeGETTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 166, October 21, 2022, Page H8409):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 allows Congress to make all laws ``which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution'' any ``other'' powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 21, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 220 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9207, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/9207
- 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
106 cosponsors — 106 Democrats
0 of 106 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), J. Correa (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Val Demings (D-FL) and 76 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Diana DeGette.
- H.R. 803 (117th) Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act
- H.J.Res. 34 (117th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental…
- H.R. 1492 (117th) Methane Waste Prevention Act of 2021
- H.R. 869 (117th) RISE Act of 2021
- H.Res. 1522 (117th) Condemning the horrific attack on November 19, 2022, at Club Q, honoring the memories of those who were murdered, and offering support to…
- H.R. 6000 (117th) Cures 2.0 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.