House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Safeguarding American Property Act of 2025
Official title: To amend section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the detention of aliens who commit certain property crimes.
Sponsor: Rep. Troy Downing R-MTWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 8, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 8, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2708.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOWNING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 63, April 8, 2025, Page H1508):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution authorizes Congress to enact laws relating to the removal of aliens from the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 132 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2708, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2708
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 November 20, 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
36 cosponsors — 36 Republicans
0 of 36 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Mike Collins (R-GA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Young Kim (R-CA), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Addison McDowell (R-NC), John McGuire (R-VA), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Barry Moore (R-AL), Tim Moore (R-NC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Scott Perry (R-PA), August Pfluger (R-TX) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Troy Downing.
- H.R. 7250 (119th) To reauthorize the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000.
- H.J.Res. 104 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…
- H.R. 1190 (119th) Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act
- H.R. 4495 (119th) SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act
- H.R. 3959 (119th) Protecting Private Job Creators Act
- H.R. 725 (119th) Crow Revenue Act
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.