House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
BAD APPS Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 26, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 26, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6106.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SHERRILL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 177, October 26, 2023, Page H5176):ARTICLE 1, SECTION 8, CLAUSE 14 The single subject of this legislation is: To have the Department of Defense create a risk framework to evaluate foreign mobile applications of concern, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 26, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 208 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6106, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6106
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 9, 2025
- 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 September 9, 2025). 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
20 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 20 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Donald Davis (D-NC), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Marcus Molinaro (R-NY), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mikie Sherrill.
- H.R. 953 (118th) Child Care for Every Community Act
- H.R. 3875 (118th) Expanded Telehealth Access Act
- H.R. 9740 (118th) Improved Contraception Access for Servicemembers Act
- H.R. 9741 (118th) Expanding Knowledge on Military Reproductive Healthcare Act
- H.R. 3592 (118th) Donut Dollies Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 6357 (118th) Access to Reproductive Care for Servicemembers 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.