Hack Your State Department Act
Latest action · Jan 23, 2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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, 2019
- Passed HouseJan 22, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Hack Your State Department Act
This bill requires the Department of State to design, establish, and make publicly known a Vulnerability Disclosure Process to improve cybersecurity. In establishing the process, the State Department must identify which information technology should be included, determine whether the process should differentiate among and specify the types of security vulnerabilities that may be targeted, and provide a readily available form and means of reporting, amongst other requirements.
The bill requires the State Department to establish a bug bounty pilot program, where an approved individual, organization, or company is temporarily authorized to identify and report vulnerabilities of internet-facing information technology of the State Department in exchange for compensation.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 8, 2019 to Jan 22, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jan 22, 2019 |
Committees 2
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 Jan 8, 2019 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Jan 23, 2019 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 23, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Jan 22, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H981)
- Jan 22, 2019Mr. Engel moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jan 22, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H979-981)
- Jan 22, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 328.
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 | Debate and remarks H979–H983Text printed H979Recorded votes H982enact | Eliot L. Engel D-NY, Michael T. McCaul R-TX, Ted Lieu D-CA | Jan 22, 2019 |
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. 165, no. 3, January 8, 2019, page H287.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1808 | Hack Your State Department Act | Related bill | Jun 12, 2019 |
| HR 3313 | Hack Your State Department Act | Reintroduced Bill | May 18, 2021 |
| HR 3352 | Department of State Authorization Act of 2019 | Related bill | Sep 9, 2019 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of State to design and establish a Vulnerability Disclosure Process (VDP) to improve Department of State cybersecurity and a bug bounty program to identify and report vulnerabilities of internet-facing information technology of the Department of State, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Hack Your State Department Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Hack Your State Department Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Hack Your State Department Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Department of State
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Intergovernmental relations
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Public contracts and procurement
- Science, Technology, Communications
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 23, 2019Referred in Senate
- Jan 22, 2019Engrossed in House
- Jan 8, 2019Introduced 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.
