Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
GUARD Act
Official title: A bill to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies and grantees that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Katie Britt R-ALWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 5, 2026
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 9, 2026 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 317.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2544.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2544, GUARD Act” on March 27, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on February 9, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62280
- CBO publication date
- March 27, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2544, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/2544
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2544, last updated August 20, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
14 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 6 Democrats, 1 independent
7 of 14 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Christopher Coons (D-DE), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Angus King (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), James Lankford (R-OK), Ashley Moody (R-FL), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Rick Scott (R-FL), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Raphael Warnock (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 2978 (119th) GUARD ActRelated 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.