House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Ukraine Cybersecurity Cooperation Act of 2017

H.R. 1997Introduced Apr 6, 2017Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedApr 6, 2017
Committee actionDec 14, 2017
Passed HouseFeb 7, 2018 · 404–3
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Feb 8, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1997.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1997, Ukraine Cybersecurity Cooperation Act of 2017” on January 18, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on December 14, 2017”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 18, 2018 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1997, 115th Congress
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 60, April 6, 2017, Page H2790):
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution under the General Welfare Clause.
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1997, 115th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

25 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 17 Democrats

8 of 25 cosponsors (32%) are from the other party.

Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), James Himes (D-CT), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William Keating (D-MA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Sander Levin (D-MI), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Ted Poe (R-TX), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), John Shimkus (R-IL), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Dina Titus (D-NV), David Trott (R-MI), Randy Weber (R-TX).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brendan Boyle.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-13 district

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