House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase penalties for certain computer fraud and related offenses that involve critical infrastructure, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Pat Fallon R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 8, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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. 3278.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FALLON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 77, May 8, 2025, Page H1945):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3278, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3278
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 2, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7221992b7f956c47b405e4386d90a25e877872f3a22de0da794bb8e302645643
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 October 1, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), James Moylan (R-GU).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pat Fallon.
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- H.R. 7283 (119th) Ensuring Federal Purchasing Efficiency Act
- H.Res. 1335 (119th) Condemning actors seeking to defraud the United States Government, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that…
- H.R. 2766 (119th) Special District Fairness and Accessibility Act
- H.R. 5179 (119th) District of Columbia Attorney General Appointment Reform Act of 2025
- H.R. 2426 (119th) Veterans Mental Health and Addiction Therapy Quality of Care Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 2, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.