Department of Homeland Security Seal Protection Act of 2022
Latest action · Jul 28, 2022 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 348.
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.
- IntroducedMay 16, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Department of Homeland Security Seal Protection Act of 2022
This bill prohibits the use of the seal of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in a manner reasonably calculated to convey the impression that DHS or any organizational component or element of it has approved, endorsed, or authorized such use, except with the written permission of DHS.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
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 May 16, 2022Markup May 19, 2022Reported Jul 28, 2022 |
| Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee | Referred May 17, 2022Discharged May 19, 2022 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2022Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 117-446.
- Jul 28, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 348.
- May 19, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 19, 2022Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 19, 2022Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability Discharged.
- May 17, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
- May 16, 2022Introduced in House
- May 16, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Cost estimates E1039 | Bennie G. Thompson D-MS | Oct 11, 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
- Oct 4, 2022H.R. 7778, Department of Homeland Security Seal Protection Act of 2022As reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 28, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 83, May 16, 2022, page H5009.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit misuse of the Department of Homeland Security seal, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Department of Homeland Security Seal Protection Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Department of Homeland Security Seal Protection Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2022Reported in House
- May 16, 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.
