H.R. 6277: Keep America Secure Act
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H.R. 6277: Keep America Secure Act
112th Congress · introduced 2012-08-02 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2012-08-02 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Keep America Secure Act
Plain summary
Keep America Secure Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from purchasing equipment or military aircraft containing non-U.S. manufactured electronic components. Allows the Secretaries to waive the application of such prohibition respecting such a purchase if it is determined that such application would be inconsistent with the public interest or would result in unreasonable costs to DOD or DHS. Directs the Secretaries to jointly establish a classification system for electronic components be based on how sensitive the components, and the final products containing such components, are to national security. Requires the Secretaries to jointly study the prevalence of counterfeit electronic components in the supply chains of DOD and DHS and options for addressing such issue.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Keep America Secure Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] · 0 cosponsors
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- Securities
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr6277.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr6277 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112