H.R. 5645 · 119th Congress

Pray Safe Act of 2025

Introduced on Sep 30, 2025 by Grace Meng (D-NY-6). 51 cosponsors, 26 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 15, 2026): Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Sep 30, 2025
Cosponsors
51
26 from the other party
Policy area
Emergency Management
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To establish a Federal Clearinghouse on Safety and Best Practices for Nonprofit Organizations, Faith-based Organizations, and Houses of Worship within the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Emergency planning and evacuation
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Government information and archives
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Natural disasters
  • Religion
  • Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
  • Terrorism

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Grace MengD-NY-6Sponsor

Democrats · 25

Republicans · 26

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Sep 30, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Sep 30, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Sep 30, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Sep 30, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. Oct 1, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  6. Oct 1, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
  7. Sep 15, 2026 · HouseSubcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged
  8. Sep 15, 2026 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  9. Sep 15, 2026 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Anti-Defamation League4 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  2. THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA4 reports
    $742.6K reported (all issues)
  3. American Jewish Committee2 reports
    $56K reported (all issues)
  4. HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC.2 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.