To repeal the Cybersecurity Act of 2015.
Latest action · Sep 30, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
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.
- IntroducedJan 8, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill repeals the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 and restores provisions amended by such Act as if it had not been enacted.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 8, 2016 to Feb 1, 2016; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | Jan 8, 2016 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Jan 8, 2016 |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Original | Jan 8, 2016 |
| R-KY | Thomas Massie | Original | Jan 8, 2016 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Jan 8, 2016 |
| R-MN | Tom Emmer | Feb 1, 2016 |
Committees 8
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 8, 2016 |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Jan 8, 2016 |
| Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee | Referred Jan 13, 2016 | |
| House | Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee | Referred Jan 8, 2016 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jan 8, 2016 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 8, 2016 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Feb 3, 2016 | |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Feb 3, 2016 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 8, 2016 |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jan 8, 2016 |
| Research and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Sep 30, 2016 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 8, 2016 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 15, 2016 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
- Feb 3, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- Feb 3, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Jan 15, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 13, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
- Jan 8, 2016Introduced in House
- Jan 8, 2016Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, the Judiciary, Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H223H.R. 4350–4358 | — | Jan 8, 2016 |
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. 162, no. 5, January 8, 2016, page H223.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 923 | To repeal the Cybersecurity Act of 2015. | Reintroduced Bill | Apr 25, 2017 |
| HR 2029 | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 | Related bill | Dec 18, 2015 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To repeal the Cybersecurity Act of 2015.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 8, 2016Introduced 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.
