House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
DETERRENT Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 11, 2023
- Committee actionNov 24, 2023
- Passed HouseDec 6, 2023 · 246–170
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 7, 2023 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5933.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5933, DETERRENT Act” on November 15, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on November 8, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 15, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59750
- CBO publication date
- November 15, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5933, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5933
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 11, 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. 118-278 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on November 24, 2023.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 24, 2023 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/278
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5933, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5933
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a82b92ff18933801fb258c0953c500c66d8f22e8de8aa5b1945140d25edbb3be
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. STEEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 166, October 11, 2023, Page H5000):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: National SecuritySource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 11, 2023 ↗
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- 81 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5933, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5933
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a82b92ff18933801fb258c0953c500c66d8f22e8de8aa5b1945140d25edbb3be
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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
26 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 1 independent
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Ron Estes (R-KS), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Erin Houchin (R-IN), John James (R-MI), Kevin Kiley (I-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Lisa McClain (R-MI), Carol Miller (R-WV), Mary Miller (R-IL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Randy Weber (R-TX), Brandon Williams (R-NY), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
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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.