House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PROTECT Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Stored Communications Act to include Tribal courts as courts of competent jurisdiction, to amend the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 to confer Tribal jurisdiction over controlled substances, related offenses, and firearms, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Rick Larsen D-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 5, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3773.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LARSEN of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 96, June 5, 2025, Page H2507):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3773, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3773
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
32892fab383d05258c7ebe3df64c467fb5a4bbf540e6e7787133d6422fcdd361
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 1, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3773, last updated September 1, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
19 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 7 Democrats, 1 independent
12 of 19 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.
Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jeff Hurd (R-CO), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Kevin Kiley (I-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Marie Perez (D-WA), Emily Randall (D-WA), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Adam Smith (D-WA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rick Larsen.
- H.R. 2860 (119th) Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 3477 (119th) Ensuring Airline Resiliency to Reduce Delays and Cancellations Act
- H.R. 4855 (119th) Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2025
- H.R. 6148 (119th) Patients Over Paperwork Act of 2025
- H.R. 9986 (119th) Read for Reentry Act of 2026
- H.R. 10679 (119th) America Votes Act of 2026
Related bills
- S. 1967 (119th) PROTECT Act of 2025Identical bill
- S. 1574 (119th) Tribal Access to Electronic Evidence ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.