House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2021

H.R. 1251Introduced Feb 23, 2021Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedFeb 23, 2021
Committee actionFeb 25, 2021
Passed HouseApr 20, 2021
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Apr 22, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1251.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1251, Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2021” on March 26, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on February 25, 2021”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 26, 2021 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57092
CBO publication date
March 26, 2021
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1251, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1251
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
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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. 167, No. 34, February 23, 2021, Pages H588-H589):
Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 23, 2021 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1251, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1251
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 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 May 28, 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

10 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 6 Democrats

6 of 10 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.

Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Darrell Issa (R-CA), William Keating (D-MA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), James Langevin (D-RI), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA).

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael McCaul.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-10 district

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Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.