House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 19, 2018
- Committee actionJul 24, 2018
- Passed HouseSep 4, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 5, 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. 6443.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6443, Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation Act” on August 2, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 24, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 2, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54327
- CBO publication date
- August 2, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6443, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6443
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-910 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on August 28, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 28, 2018 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/910
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6443, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6443
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RATCLIFFE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 122, July 19, 2018, Pages H6588-H6589):Article 1, 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 July 19, 2018 ↗
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- Statement length
- 264 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6443, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6443
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6032d0a37b12caf659645bcb40256adb3dc0a020e18f71f284228861505d326c
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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
5 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John Katko (R-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Cedric Richmond (D-LA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Ratcliffe.
- H.R. 1616 (115th) Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017
- H.R. 1842 (115th) Strengthening Children's Safety Act of 2017
- H.R. 240 (115th) Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act of 2017
- H.R. 239 (115th) Support for Rapid Innovation Act of 2017
- H.Res. 814 (115th) Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 76 (115th) Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017
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.