House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
DHS Roles and Responsibilities in Cyber Space Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 21, 2021
- Committee actionOct 26, 2021
- Passed HouseMay 16, 2022 · 313–105
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 17, 2022 — 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. 5658.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5658, DHS Roles and Responsibilities in Cyber Space Act” on November 22, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on October 26, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 22, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57629
- CBO publication date
- November 22, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5658, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5658
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-245 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on February 12, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 12, 2022 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/245
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5658, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5658
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 185, October 21, 2021, Page H5791):Article 1, Section 8: ``The Congress shall have power to . . . provide for the common defense. . . ''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 21, 2021 ↗
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- 101 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5658, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5658
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cc7390b2c7132fd76cad02816836a0f909c203e875fbc151603b9b989ff1dfb0
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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
6 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 6 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), John Katko (R-NY), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Ritchie Torres (D-NY).
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Sponsor’s state and district
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.