House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
GUARD Act
Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Defense to establish a National Security and Defense Artificial Intelligence Institute, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ronny Jackson R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 18, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 18, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5466.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JACKSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 153, September 18, 2025, Page H4456):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5466, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5466
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
92471d05d125eab5d8d36752e93fec080a17d0bfa0b1b9076d1686a0fc76bba5
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 noteThe text of H.R.5466 is contained in the text of S.1071, which became Public Law 119-60.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5466, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5466
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
92471d05d125eab5d8d36752e93fec080a17d0bfa0b1b9076d1686a0fc76bba5
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 24, 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
5 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Pat Fallon (R-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ronny Jackson.
- H.R. 1316 (119th) Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act
- H.R. 6444 (119th) Blast Overpressure Research and Mitigation Task Force Act
- H.R. 2633 (119th) U.S.-South Africa Bilateral Relations Review Act of 2025
- H.R. 7616 (119th) Transatlantic Academic Security and Risk Mitigation Act
- H.R. 7540 (119th) United States-Israel FUTURES Act of 2026
- H.R. 943 (119th) No User Fees for Gun Owners Act
Related bills
- S. 1071 (119th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Related bill
- S. 3454 (119th) GUARD Act of 2025Related 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.