House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Combatting Foreign Surveillance Spyware Sanctions Act
Sponsor: Rep. James Himes D-CTWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 18, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 18, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5522.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIMES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 150, September 18, 2023, Page H4381):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would would authorize sanctions on individuals and entities who facilitate spyware, including spyware that could enable the targeting of United States Government officials or personnel of the intelligence community.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 289 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5522, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5522
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of May 20, 2026). 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Himes.
- H.R. 2812 (118th) Middle Market IPO Cost Act
- H.R. 5557 (118th) Combatting Foreign Surveillance Spyware Sanctions Act
- H.R. 6405 (118th) Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
- H.R. 5440 (118th) Protecting Americans from Foreign Commercial Spyware Act
- H.R. 10026 (118th) Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2024
- H.R. 3370 (118th) Reclamation of War Powers Act
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.