1HOUSE · MAR 3, 2025
Passed the House
417–0PASSED
R 211–0 D 206–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll 54 · 16 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act
Official title: To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget conduct a review to determine the impact of the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process on national security, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Byron Donalds R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2025
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMar 3, 2025 · 417–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 4, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 856.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DONALDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 21, January 31, 2025, Page H433):Art. I, Sec. 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 39 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 856, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 July 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
Sent to: Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs CommitteeBills with a CBO estimateBills with a committee reportSee it in the Data Web
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 856. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
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. Byron Donalds.
- H.R. 1676 (119th) Make SWAPs Efficient Act of 2025
- H.R. 4922 (119th) D. C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2025
- H.Res. 137 (119th) Resolution designating the House Press Gallery (Rooms H-315, H-316, H-317, H-318, and H-319 in the United States Capitol) as the…
- H.R. 1118 (119th) Value Over Cost Act of 2026
- H.R. 2835 (119th) Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act
- H.R. 2111 (119th) To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt the premium cigar industry from certain regulations.
Related bills
- S. 1592 (119th) Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.