House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Preserving Safe Communities by Ending Swatting Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to penalize false communications to cause an emergency response, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. David Kustoff R-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 9, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 286.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KUSTOFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 5, January 9, 2025, Pages H92-H93):Under Article I, Section 8, the Necessary and Proper Clasue. Congress shall have the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers and all Powers vested by this Constitution in the Governmetn of the United States, or in any Department of Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 316 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 286, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/286
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
28 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 28 cosponsors (32%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Ben Cline (R-VA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Russell Fry (R-SC), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), John James (R-MI), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Dave Min (D-CA), Riley Moore (R-WV), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), August Pfluger (R-TX), John Rutherford (R-FL), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Kustoff.
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- H.R. 5345 (119th) Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
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- H.R. 3108 (119th) RPM Access Act
- H.R. 5242 (119th) To repeal the Second Chance Amendment Act of 2022 and the Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act of 2016.
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.