Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act
Latest action · Jul 17, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 17, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 41
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 17, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jul 21, 2025 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Aug 5, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Sep 3, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Johnny Olszewski, Jr. | Sep 9, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 17, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2025Introduced in House
- Jul 17, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 123, July 17, 2025, page H3476.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2252 | Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act | Related bill | Jul 27, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of State to ensure that commodities procured for the purpose of foreign assistance are made available to intended beneficiaries before such commodities expire, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
