CISA Director Reform Act
Latest action · Jan 29, 2020 Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
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 27, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
CISA Director Reform Act
This bill limits the term of the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security to five years.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 27, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Original | Jan 27, 2020 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Jan 27, 2020 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Jan 27, 2020Markup Jan 29, 2020 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 27, 2020 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 27, 2020 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 29, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jan 29, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
- Jan 27, 2020Introduced in House
- Jan 27, 2020Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, 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.
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Feb 18, 2020H.R. 5679, CISA Director Reform ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on January 29, 2020
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 17, January 27, 2020, page H565.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to limit to five years the term of the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- CISA Director Reform Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 27, 2020Introduced 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.
