House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Security First Act
Official title: To require assessments for Foreign Terrorist Organization designations, authorize certain appropriations for certain fiscal years for Operation Stonegarden, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Tony Gonzales R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 16, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 506.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 9, January 16, 2025, Page H222):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 506, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/506
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2026
- 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 July 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 Republicans
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Young Kim (R-CA), James Moylan (R-GU), John Rutherford (R-FL), Maria Salazar (R-FL), David Valadao (R-CA), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tony Gonzales.
- H.R. 3965 (119th) PEARL Act
- H.R. 2259 (119th) National Strategy for School Security Act of 2025
- H.Res. 570 (119th) Commending Petty Officer 3d Class Scott Ruskan for his heroic efforts to rescue victims during the devastating flooding in central Texas.
- H.R. 3392 (119th) STOP Screwworms Act
- H.R. 4254 (119th) Iranian Campaign Medal Act
- H.R. 2323 (119th) Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act
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.