State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act
Latest action · Oct 1, 2020 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2020
- Passed HouseSep 30, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act
This bill establishes a grant program and places requirements on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) with respect to certain cybersecurity risks and threats.
Specifically, CISA shall distribute grants to states for addressing cybersecurity risks and threats to the information systems of state, local, tribal, or territorial governments. A state applying for such a grant must (1) submit a cybersecurity plan for approval, and (2) establish a cybersecurity planning committee to assist with developing and implementing the state's cybersecurity plan and determining the effective funding priorities for the grant.
CISA must establish a State and Local Cybersecurity Resiliency Committee whereby state, local, tribal, and territorial governments can advise CISA on their cybersecurity needs. In addition, CISA must develop and make publicly available a Homeland Security Strategy to Improve the Cybersecurity of State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Governments that provides recommendations regarding how the federal government should support and promote the ability of such governments to protect against, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity risks, threats, and incidents. Further, CISA must develop a resource guide to assist officials of such governments with cybersecurity risks, threats, and incidents.
CISA must also conduct a study to assess the feasibility of implementing a short-term rotational program for the detail of approved state, local, tribal, and territorial government employees in cyber workforce positions to the agency.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 10, 2020 to Mar 13, 2020; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Feb 10, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Feb 10, 2020 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Feb 10, 2020 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Feb 10, 2020 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Feb 10, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Feb 10, 2020 |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Original | Feb 10, 2020 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Feb 10, 2020 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Feb 10, 2020 |
| R-NY | John Katko | Original | Feb 10, 2020 |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Original | Feb 10, 2020 |
| D-NY | Max Rose | Original | Feb 10, 2020 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Feb 10, 2020 |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Original | Feb 10, 2020 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Mar 13, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 13, 2020 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Mar 13, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Feb 10, 2020Markup Feb 12, 2020Reported Aug 18, 2020 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 1, 2020 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 1, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Sep 30, 2020Ms. Underwood moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 30, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5080-5084)
- Sep 30, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5823.
- Sep 30, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5080-5083)
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E973Amendments E973 | Bennie G. Thompson D-MS, Elissa Slotkin D-MI (amendment) | Oct 20, 2020 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E913 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Oct 1, 2020 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5080–H5084Text printed H5080–H5083 | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD, Derek Kilmer D-WA, John Joyce R-PA, Lauren Underwood D-IL | Sep 30, 2020 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 10, 2020H.R. 5823, State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on February 12, 2020
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 27, February 10, 2020, page H1017.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 8048 | State and Local IT Modernization and Cybersecurity Act | Related bill | Sep 24, 2020 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a program to make grants to States to address cybersecurity risks and cybersecurity threats to information systems of State, local, Tribal, or territorial governments, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Advisory bodies
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Crime prevention
- Employee hiring
- Federal officials
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Homeland security
- Intergovernmental relations
- Science, Technology, Communications
- State and local government operations
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 1, 2020Referred in Senate
- Sep 30, 2020Engrossed in House
- Aug 18, 2020Reported in House
- Feb 10, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
