House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Securing the Cities Improvement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 30, 2023
- Committee actionNov 8, 2023
- Passed HouseMar 5, 2024 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 2, 2024 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 657.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4403.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4403, Securing the Cities Improvement Act” on November 21, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on November 8, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59783
- CBO publication date
- November 21, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4403, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4403
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c46078f20eb89e9e32cf391f3744d80a6a5f3ac6742fc13c2bdba967f39c1977
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4403, Securing the Cities Improvement Act” on September 27, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 18, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60787
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4403, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4403
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c46078f20eb89e9e32cf391f3744d80a6a5f3ac6742fc13c2bdba967f39c1977
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 118-320 ↗; S. Rept. 118-256 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 2, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/320
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/256 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4403, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4403
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c46078f20eb89e9e32cf391f3744d80a6a5f3ac6742fc13c2bdba967f39c1977
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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. CARTER of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 114, June 30, 2023, Page H3160):the Spending Clause, Article 1, Section 8, Cl. 1 and the Necessary and Proper Clause, Article I, Section 8, Cl. 18. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make improvments to the Securing the Cities program.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2023 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 257 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4403, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4403
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c46078f20eb89e9e32cf391f3744d80a6a5f3ac6742fc13c2bdba967f39c1977
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.