House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
National Strategy for School Security Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the development of a national strategy to secure elementary and secondary schools against acts of terrorism, and ensure domestic preparedness for and the response to terrorism, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Tony Gonzales R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 21, 2025
- Committee actionSep 3, 2025
- Passed HouseNov 19, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 20, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2259.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2259, National Strategy for School Security Act of 2025” on October 1, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 3, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61784
- CBO publication date
- October 1, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2259, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-378 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on November 12, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 12, 2025 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/378
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2259, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 52, March 21, 2025, Pages H1189-H1190):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2259, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
73b85e399f9c453e5bafb5d4fa47b84a59023695ca7c4b16892a1cdbd14f62e7
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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
9 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 9 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Donald Davis (D-NC), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), August Pfluger (R-TX), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tony Gonzales.
- H.R. 3965 (119th) PEARL Act
- H.Res. 570 (119th) Commending Petty Officer 3d Class Scott Ruskan for his heroic efforts to rescue victims during the devastating flooding in central Texas.
- H.R. 3392 (119th) STOP Screwworms Act
- H.R. 506 (119th) Security First Act
- H.R. 4254 (119th) Iranian Campaign Medal Act
- H.R. 2323 (119th) Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
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