HR 2745 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

HACT Act

Introduced Apr 20, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Jack Bergman R-MI

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Apr 20, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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.

  1. IntroducedApr 20, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Homeland and Cyber Threat Act or the HACT Act

This bill allows claims in federal or state court against foreign states that conduct or participate in cyberattacks against U.S. nationals.

Cosponsors 56

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 20, 2023 to Apr 9, 2024; 44 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-NJAndy KimOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-KYBrett GuthrieOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-TNCharles J. "Chuck" FleischmannOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-PAChrissy HoulahanOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-TXDan CrenshawOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-NVDina TitusOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-NEDon BaconOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalApr 20, 2023
D-PADwight EvansOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-HIEd CaseOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-MIElissa SlotkinOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-AZGreg StantonOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-FLGus M. BilirakisOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-PAGuy ReschenthalerOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-KYHarold RogersOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-CTJames A. HimesOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-NJJefferson Van DrewOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-COJoe NeguseOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-FLMatt GaetzOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-TXMichael CloudOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-FLMichael WaltzOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-NJMikie SherrillOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-SCNancy MaceOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-TXPat FallonOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-CARaul RuizOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-TNScott DesJarlaisOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-FLScott FranklinOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-OHShontel M. BrownOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-OKStephanie I. BiceOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-TXSylvia R. GarciaOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-TXVeronica EscobarOriginalApr 20, 2023
D-TXVicente GonzalezOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-FLW. Gregory SteubeOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-OHWarren DavidsonOriginalApr 20, 2023
R-TXJohn R. CarterMay 23, 2023
R-ORLori Chavez-DeRemerMay 23, 2023
D-CAMike LevinMay 23, 2023
R-GARichard McCormickMay 23, 2023
R-KSTracey MannMay 23, 2023
R-FLCarlos A. GimenezMay 24, 2023
R-GAMarjorie Taylor GreeneMay 25, 2023
R-GAEarl L. "Buddy" CarterMay 26, 2023
R-TXMorgan LuttrellMay 26, 2023
D-NHChris PappasJun 23, 2023
D-NJJosh GottheimerNov 8, 2023
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiApr 9, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Apr 20, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 20, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Apr 20, 2023Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Allows claims in federal or state court against foreign states that conduct or participate in cyberattacks against U.S. nationals.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 66, April 20, 2023, page H1910.

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title 28, United States Code, to allow claims against foreign states for unlawful computer intrusion, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
HACT Act
Homeland And Cyber Threat Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 20, 2023Introduced in House

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