House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
SAFEGUARD Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 27, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 27, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1801.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 55, March 27, 2023, Page H1464):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To enhance the consideration of human rights in arms exports.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 145 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1801, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1801
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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
36 cosponsors — 36 Democrats
0 of 36 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Becca Balint (D-VT), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), William Keating (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregory Meeks.
- H.R. 1684 (118th) Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2023
- H.R. 7701 (118th) No Russian Tunnel to Crimea Act
- H.R. 5375 (118th) Strengthening the Quad Act
- H.R. 1151 (118th) USA Act
- H.R. 2795 (118th) Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act
- H.R. 3246 (118th) Sanction Russian Nuclear Safety Violators Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.