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(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on May 24, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Securing our Agriculture and Food Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to carry out a program to coordinate DHS efforts related to defending the food, agriculture, and veterinary systems of the United States against terrorism and other high-consequence events that pose a high risk to homeland security.
Such program shall:
provide oversight and management of DHS's responsibilities pursuant to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 9 - Defense of United States Agriculture and Food;
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 1238 as public Law on Jun 30, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Mar 22, 2017
Securing our Agriculture and Food Act
Passed · Two-thirds required
406 Yea 6 Nay 17 not voting
Crossed both parties 6 of 412 voting members broke with their own party: 6 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
429 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 1238 and vote against it. 2 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 1238 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
1 disclosure names this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.