House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
DHS Cyber Incident Response Teams Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Michael McCaul R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 20, 2018
- Committee actionMar 7, 2018
- Passed HouseMar 19, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 20, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5074.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5074, DHS Cyber Incident Response Teams Act of 2018” on March 16, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 7, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 16, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53656
- CBO publication date
- March 16, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5074, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5074
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-607 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on March 19, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 19, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/607
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5074, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5074
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2c5711807a78e3ba9e462a9483a1e24d7985d76bbb8087d03f9d7d105c852066
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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. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 32, February 20, 2018, Page H1221):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 20, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5074, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5074
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2c5711807a78e3ba9e462a9483a1e24d7985d76bbb8087d03f9d7d105c852066
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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
7 cosponsors — 7 Republicans
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Clay Higgins (R-LA), John Katko (R-NY), John Ratcliffe (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael McCaul.
- H.R. 3359 (115th) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018
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- H.R. 4708 (115th) Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act
- H.R. 4744 (115th) Iran Human Rights and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act
- H.R. 6018 (115th) Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Act of 2018
- H.R. 6439 (115th) Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program Authorization Act of 2018
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.