House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 26, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 11, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9179.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BUDZINSKI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 122, July 26, 2024, Page H4954):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: A bill to establish the Office of Falls Prevention of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes related to falls prevention.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 240 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9179, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9179
- 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.
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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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Jack Bergman (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nikki Budzinski.
- H.R. 5785 (118th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the requirements of the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship.
- H.R. 6720 (118th) To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization grant program.
- H.R. 3955 (118th) Increasing Land Access, Security, and Opportunities Act
- H.R. 1536 (118th) LEAP Act
- H.R. 8040 (118th) To limit the closure or consolidation of any United States Postal Service processing and distribution center in Postal Service regions…
- H.R. 9193 (118th) Secure and Affordable Broadband Extension Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.