House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
STEADFAST Act
Official title: To convert the program of public financing of presidential election campaigns to a program of providing grants to States for enhancing the security of election systems, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Stephanie Bice R-OKWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2026
- Committee actionMay 14, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 8 - 3.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7418.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BICE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 27, February 9, 2026, Page H2096):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7418, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7418
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f5a8d27bb4309f78abf76f9bf63a63978c811037b60948e94a79712bda04aabf
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 September 19, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Laurel Lee (R-FL), Addison McDowell (R-NC), Cory Mills (R-FL), Christopher Smith (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Bice.
- H.J.Res. 24 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy…
- H.R. 3486 (119th) Stop Illegal Entry Act of 2025
- H.R. 9342 (119th) GPO Modernization Act of 2026
- H.R. 1234 (119th) To direct the Librarian of Congress to promote the more cost-effective, efficient, and expanded availability of the Annotated Constitution…
- H.R. 1555 (119th) Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act
- H.R. 377 (119th) Regulation Reduction Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.