Bombing Prevention Act of 2022
Latest action · May 18, 2022 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2022
- Passed HouseMay 17, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bombing Prevention Act of 2022
This bill establishes within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) an Office for Bombing Prevention.
The office shall advise DHS on matters related to terrorist explosive threats and attacks in the United States, coordinate DHS efforts to counter such threats and attacks, and take other specified steps, including promoting security awareness.
The bill also requires DHS to provide to the public and private sector technical assistance to counter terrorist explosive threats and attacks that pose a risk in certain jurisdictions to critical infrastructure facilities or to special events.
The office shall develop a strategy to align the office's activities with the threat environment and stakeholder needs, and to make the public and private sector aware of the office's capabilities.
DHS must also ensure coordination and information sharing regarding nonmilitary research, development, testing, and evaluation activities relating to terrorist explosive threats and attacks in the United States.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 195 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed388–26 | May 17, 2022 |
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2022 to Mar 17, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Mar 17, 2022 |
Committees 2
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 Feb 28, 2022Markup Mar 2, 2022Reported May 13, 2022 |
| Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee | Referred Mar 1, 2022Discharged Mar 2, 2022 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred May 18, 2022 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 18, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- May 17, 2022Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5076-5077)
- May 17, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 388 - 26 (Roll no. 195). (text: 05/16/2022 CR H4979-4980)
- May 17, 2022Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 16, 2022Mr. Malinowski moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- May 16, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4979-4982)
- May 16, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6873.
- May 16, 2022At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- May 13, 2022Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 117-322.
- May 13, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 241.
- Mar 2, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 2, 2022Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 0.
- Mar 2, 2022Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation Discharged.
- Mar 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
- Feb 28, 2022Introduced in House
- Feb 28, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 | Recorded votes H5076enactLists H5077Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 6873, Bombing Prevention Act | — | May 17, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4979–H4982Text printed H4979 | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford R-AR, Jake LaTurner R-KS, Tom Malinowski D-NJ | May 16, 2022 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 18, 2022H.R. 6873, Bombing Prevention Act of 2022As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 2, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 36, February 28, 2022, page H1176.
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Office for Bombing Prevention to address terrorist explosive threats, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Bombing Prevention Act of 2022
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Bombing Prevention Act of 2022
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Bombing Prevention Act of 2022
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Bombing Prevention Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Congressional oversight
- Crime prevention
- Department of Homeland Security
- Emergency Management
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Firearms and explosives
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Terrorism
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 18, 2022Referred in Senate
- May 17, 2022Engrossed in House
- May 13, 2022Reported in House
- Feb 28, 2022Introduced 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.
