House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SWAT Act
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for communicating threats that target schools.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 26, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5590.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 158, September 26, 2025, Page H4502):Article I Section 8 Clause 18 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5590, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5590
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
18c89d484aa4be53f86c00306a592e985b23dbfa24365ccf57afadd01b3706dd
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.