House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
DART Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to support State and local efforts to reduce crime and recidivism through the expansion and enhancement of pre-incarceration diversion and rehabilitation programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Wesley Bell D-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 7, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 7, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2668.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 62, April 7, 2025, Page H1461):Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Congress finds the authority for this legislation in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution, which provides Congress the power to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States,'' and in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which allows Congress to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution its powers.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 441 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2668, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2668
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 9, 2026). 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.