House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Officer John Barnes and Chief Michael Ansbro Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program Expansion Act of 2026
Official title: To revise administrative procedures relating to public safety officers' death benefits, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Randy Weber R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7718.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WEBER of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 37, February 25, 2026, Page H2330):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
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- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7718, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7718
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 22, 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
23 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 23 cosponsors (61%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), J. Correa (D-CA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), John Mannion (D-NY), Dave Min (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Marie Perez (D-WA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Randy Weber.
- H.R. 3474 (119th) Federal Mechanical Insulation Act
- H.R. 6832 (119th) PACK Act
- H.R. 8462 (119th) National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 2613 (119th) Next Generation Pipelines Research and Development Act
- H.R. 9338 (119th) Pipeline Safety Authorization Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1076 (119th) Recognizing the 10th anniversary of the first export shipment of liquefied natural gas produced in the lower 48 States.
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.