Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Hack DHS Act

S. 1281Introduced May 25, 2017Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor: Sen. Maggie Hassan D-NH

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Where it went

IntroducedMay 25, 2017
Committee actionOct 4, 2017
Passed SenateApr 17, 2018 · by voice vote
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 25, 2018 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 752.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1281.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1281, Hack DHS Act” on October 20, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on October 4, 2017”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 20, 2017 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53231
CBO publication date
October 20, 2017
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1281, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1281
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 6, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1281, Hack DHS Act” on September 21, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 13, 2018”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 21, 2018 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54491
CBO publication date
September 21, 2018
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1281, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1281
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 6, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1d77fe6db3fca26cb91f723f711bdc2839163e6bb644d9c2801374910e017bec
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Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 115-964 ↗; S. Rept. 115-209 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 2018 ↗
Evidence
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committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/964
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/209
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1281, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1281
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 6, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1d77fe6db3fca26cb91f723f711bdc2839163e6bb644d9c2801374910e017bec
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1281, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 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

4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats

2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.

Cory Gardner (R-CO), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Rob Portman (R-OH).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Maggie Hassan.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Hampshire in Congress

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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.