House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Saving Our Veterans Lives Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to furnish to certain individuals items used for the secure storage of firearms, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 12, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1987.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeLUZIO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 44, March 10, 2025, Page H1067):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1987, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1987
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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.
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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
30 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 26 Democrats
4 of 30 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Angie Craig (D-MN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), James Himes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), John James (R-MI), Julie Johnson (D-TX), William Keating (D-MA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Summer Lee (D-PA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Norma Torres (D-CA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), James Walkinshaw (D-VA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Deluzio.
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- H.R. 4076 (119th) Insurrection Act of 2025
- H.R. 5391 (119th) Bipartisan Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program Expansion Act
- H.R. 854 (119th) DERAIL Act
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Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.