House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Counter SNIPER Act
Official title: To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide candidates with a justification for candidate protection determinations, to require Senate confirmation of the Director of the United States Secret Service, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. August Pfluger R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 31, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 883.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PFLUGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 21, January 31, 2025, Page H434):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 883, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/883
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
39b5237c001e11cedb953bf7dcece683febbcd912ebe0f865d8712c2739f8986
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 3, 2025). 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Michael Guest (R-MS), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1949 (119th) Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025
- H.R. 884 (119th) To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the…
- H.R. 7084 (119th) Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026
- H.R. 881 (119th) DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.