House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SAFE for Manatees Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on alternative habitat for certain manatees, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 2, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9590.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 110, July 2, 2026, Page H4370):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 2, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9590, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9590
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Daniel Webster.
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.