# 115-hr-6443: Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation Act

115-hr-6443, Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4] (R-TX); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-6443
- Congress: 115
- Title: Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Introduced: 2018-07-19
- Sponsor: Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation Act This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) deploy, operate, and maintain a continuous diagnostics and mitigation program to collect, analyze, and visualize security data and cybersecurity risk; (2) regularly deploy new technologies and modify existing technologies to improve such program; and (3) develop a comprehensive strategy to carry out the program. In carrying out the program, DHS must ensure that cybersecurity risk information, assessments, and analyses are provided in real time and program information is available to the DHS national cybersecurity and communications integration center.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2018-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] (R-TX), 2018-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2018-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2018-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Donovan, Daniel M., Jr. [R-NY-11] (R-NY), 2018-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 115-hr-3359: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018
- 115-hr-2740: Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)
- 115-hr-1057: STOP Act of 2017
- 115-hr-6439: Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program Authorization Act of 2018
- 115-hr-5731: Securing Our Schools Act

## Sources
- [115-hr-6443 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6443)

## Related
- [115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5499)
- [115-hr-3359: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3359)
- [115-hr-2740: Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2740)
- [115-hr-1057: STOP Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1057)
- [115-hr-6439: Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program Authorization Ac…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6439)
- [115-hr-5731: Securing Our Schools Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5731)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6443 (as of 2025-11-18).