116th Congress > House > Vote 44

Date: January 22, 2019

Result: 377-3 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 45

Sponsor: LIEU, Ted (D-CA)

Bill number: HR328

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Description: Hack Your State Department Act

Bill summary:

Hack Your State Department Act

This bill requires the Department of State to design, establish, and make publicly known a Vulnerability Disclosure Process to improve cybersecurity. In establishing the process, the State Department must identify which information technology should be included, determine whether the process should differentiate among and specify the types of security vulnerabilities that may be targeted, and provide a readily available form and means of reporting, amongst other requirements.

The bill requires the State Department to establish a bug bounty pilot program, where an approved individual, organization, or company is temporarily authorized to identify and report vulnerabilities of internet-facing information technology of the State Department in exchange for compensation.



Bill titles: To require the Secretary of State to design and establish a Vulnerability Disclosure Process (VDP) to improve Department of State cybersecurity and a bug bounty program to identify and report vulnerabilities of internet-facing information technology of the Department of State, and for other purposes.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

Loading graphics...

Error!

Member Vote Map Help: click states or districts to filter members.

Vote Ideological Breakdown Help: click and drag on the plot to focus on selected members.

This chart describes how members voted on the rollcall. Members are placed according to their NOMINATE ideological scores. A cutting line divides the vote into those expected to vote "Yea" and those expected to vote "Nay". The shaded heatmap reflects the expected probability of voting "Yea". You can select points or regions to subset the members listed above and below.

Votes Download as XLS Help: click bars to focus the vote list.

Votes
(Sort by , , , , )
Selected: of from including with NOMINATE scores within .