House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2023
- Committee actionMar 1, 2023
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 16, 2023 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 43.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1153.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1153, Deterring America’s Technological Adversaries Act” on May 11, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 1, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 11, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59101
- CBO publication date
- May 11, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1153, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1153
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-63 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on May 16, 2023.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 16, 2023 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/63
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1153, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1153
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 36, February 24, 2023, Page H875):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States of America The single subject of this legislation is: To provide a clarification of non-applicability for regulation and prohibition relating to sensitive personal data under International Emergency Economic Powers Act and impose related sanctions.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2023 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 310 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1153, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1153
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.