House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Federal Information Systems Safeguards Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Gary Palmer R-ALWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 15, 2018
- Committee actionJul 17, 2018
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 17, 2018 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5300.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5300, Federal Information Systems Safeguards Act of 2018” on August 10, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 17, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 10, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54366
- CBO publication date
- August 10, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5300, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5300
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 46, March 15, 2018, Page H1652):The Congress shall have Power 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 March 15, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 268 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5300, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5300
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d026ca2483fea59389601db5d4fa566a6a04a9dabe516a21c30fb57304d688f8
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5300, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gary Palmer.
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- H.R. 850 (115th) Agency Accountability Act of 2017
- H.R. 637 (115th) Stopping EPA Overreach Act of 2017
- H.R. 3966 (115th) Puerto Rico Humanitarian Relief Act
- H.R. 2660 (115th) APPEAL Act
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.