House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Pathways to Policing Act
Official title: To authorize a grant to encourage recruitment of law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3408.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MORRISON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 81, May 14, 2025, Page H2053):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department of Office thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 345 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3408, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3408
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 28, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 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 September 28, 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
8 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 3 Democrats
5 of 8 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Angie Craig (D-MN), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), David Valadao (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.