House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Expanding Cybersecurity Workforce Act of 2025
Official title: To establish in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security a program to promote the cybersecurity field to disadvantaged communities, including older individuals, racial and ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, geographically diverse communities, socioeconomically diverse communities, women, individuals from nontraditional educational paths, individuals who are veterans, and individuals who were formerly incarcerated, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Shontel Brown D-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 4, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 5, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6429.
- 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. 171, No. 203, December 4, 2025, Page H5051):Article I Section VIIISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 22 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6429, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6429
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
30 cosponsors — 30 Democrats
0 of 30 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Dave Min (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), James Walkinshaw (D-VA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.