House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8469.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 88, May 21, 2024, Page H3398):Article I Section VIII The single subject of this legislation is: To establish a program to promote the cybersecurity field to disadvantaged communities.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 153 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8469, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8469
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 15, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8f496b817685c2ab6b5461166c6729ffea8b3b1f162ea3da2b322b7eadfaa418
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 November 15, 2024). 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
40 cosponsors — 40 Democrats
0 of 40 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), James Clyburn (D-SC), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Mike Quigley (D-IL) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 962 (118th) Honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by Celebrating Diversity, Promoting Tolerance, and Condemning Hate.
- H.R. 8858 (118th) Securing Elections From AI Deception Act
- H.Res. 1279 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of June 2024 as "Black Music Month".
- H.R. 7272 (118th) Shining a Spotlight on Safer Communities Act
- H.R. 10337 (118th) Expanding the Health Care Workforce 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.