House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization Act
Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the use of educational requirements or qualifications in evaluating candidates for certain cybersecurity positions in the competitive service, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Nancy Mace R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 19, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 4, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 4, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5000.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5000, Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization Act” on March 19, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on February 4, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 19, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62244
- CBO publication date
- March 19, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5000, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5000
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cc521ffe1d1bcac3105090f969b720afa870bf12843bab9aeeffa0a84dddde00
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MACE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 139, August 19, 2025, Page H3703):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5000, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5000
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cc521ffe1d1bcac3105090f969b720afa870bf12843bab9aeeffa0a84dddde00
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of March 19, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nancy Mace.
- H.R. 5235 (119th) Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act of 2025
- H.R. 30 (119th) Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
- H.R. 872 (119th) Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2025
- H.R. 2985 (119th) Modernizing Government Technology Reform Act
- H.R. 3455 (119th) Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act of 2025
- H.R. 3246 (119th) Violet’s Law
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.