House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Securing Global Telecommunications Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 19, 2023
- Committee actionJul 26, 2023
- Passed HouseSep 9, 2024 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2024 — 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. 4741.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4741, Securing Global Telecommunications Act” on August 16, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 26, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 16, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59444
- CBO publication date
- August 16, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4741, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4741
- 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 Ms. MANNING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 124, July 19, 2023, Page H3858):clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: National Security.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 19, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 117 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4741, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4741
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8250c242936a51f862b58c3346529dc09c6880ef2a06d43d1a6941d840f433b2
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4741, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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.
William Keating (D-MA), Young Kim (R-CA), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kathy Manning.
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- H.R. 7921 (118th) Countering Antisemitism Act
- H.Res. 309 (118th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Food and Drug Administration has the authority to approve drugs for abortion…
- H.R. 3331 (118th) Improving Mental Health and Wellness in Schools Act
- H.R. 7735 (118th) Protecting Students on Campus Act of 2024
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.