House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
IMPROVE Safety for Schools Act
Official title: To encourage local educational agencies to inform parents about gun safety, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. John James R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 7, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 7, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce, 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. 6965.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JAMES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 4, January 7, 2026, Page H135):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6965, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6965
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 8, 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 January 8, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John James.
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- H.R. 3617 (119th) Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
- H.R. 5582 (119th) Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
- H.Res. 194 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of March 6, 2025, as "Great Lakes Day".
- H.Res. 223 (119th) Honoring the 108th anniversary of Selfridge Air National Guard Base and the contributions of Selfridge Air National Guard Base to the…
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.