House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Next Gen Road Safety Act
Official title: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants for equipment to assist in the prevention and de-escalation of high-speed vehicular pursuits.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 9, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8217.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FRIEDMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 63, April 9, 2026, Page H2831):Article I, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8217, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8217
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 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 — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Shomari Figures (D-AL), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Sam Liccardo (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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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.