House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SAFE KIDS Act
Official title: To prevent citizens of foreign adversarial nations from entering into or enforcing surrogacy contracts in the United States.
Sponsor: Rep. Blake Moore R-UTWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 13, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 21, 2026 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1161-1162)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7040.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOORE of Utah, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 9, January 13, 2026, Page H718):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7040, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7040
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 4, 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 June 4, 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
21 cosponsors — 21 Republicans
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Ben Cline (R-VA), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Andy Harris (R-MD), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Addison McDowell (R-NC), John McGuire (R-VA), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Burgess Owens (R-UT), John Rose (R-TN), Michael Rulli (R-OH), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Blake Moore.
- H.R. 187 (119th) MAPWaters Act of 2025
- H.R. 4930 (119th) To expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.
- H.R. 2876 (119th) University of Utah Research Park Act
- H.R. 186 (119th) Hershel Woody Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act
- H.Res. 1201 (119th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 31 (119th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
Related bills
- S. 3101 (119th) SAFE KIDS ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.