House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Strengthening the Department of Homeland Security Secure Mail Initiative Act
Sponsor: Rep. Jackie Speier D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2017
- Committee actionDec 12, 2017
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 12, 2017 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2595.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2595, Strengthening the Department of Homeland Security Secure Mail Initiative Act” on December 19, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on December 12, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 19, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53422
- CBO publication date
- December 19, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2595, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2595
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SPEIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 89, May 23, 2017, Page H4503):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2595, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2595
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Pete Olson (R-TX), Mike Quigley (D-IL), David Valadao (R-CA), Rob Woodall (R-GA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4396 (115th) ME TOO Congress Act
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.