House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Safer Schools Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2023
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- Passed House—
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- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 23, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. 3618.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 87, May 23, 2023, Page H2547):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: Establishes two pilot programs through the Department of Justice to improve school security. One funds schools vulnerability risk assessments and the other provides funding to make hard security improvements.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 314 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3618, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3618, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Roger Williams.
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- H.R. 1109 (118th) Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act of 2023
- H.Res. 1203 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of July 17, 2024, as "Glioblastoma Awareness Day".
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.