HR 7777 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training Act

Latest action · Dec 19, 2022 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 680.

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 16, 2022
  2. Passed HouseJun 21, 2022
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training Act

This bill establishes within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency an initiative to provide the cybersecurity workforce with no-cost training related to securing industrial control systems. These are information systems used to control industrial processes, such as manufacturing, product handling, production, and distribution.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll callQuestionResultDate
House 278Passed368–47Jun 21, 2022

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseHomeland Security Committee
Referred May 16, 2022Markup May 19, 2022Reported Jun 17, 2022
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee
Referred May 17, 2022Discharged May 19, 2022
SenateHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Referred Jun 22, 2022Markup Sep 28, 2022Reported Dec 19, 2022

Actions 19

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 19, 2022Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-281.
  2. Dec 19, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 680.
  3. Sep 28, 2022Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Jun 22, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  5. Jun 21, 2022Mr. Swalwell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  6. Jun 21, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5689-5691)
  7. Jun 21, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7777.
  8. Jun 21, 2022At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  9. Jun 21, 2022Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5717-5718)
  10. Jun 21, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 368 - 47 (Roll no. 278). (text: CR H5690)
  11. Jun 21, 2022Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  12. Jun 17, 2022Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 117-377.
  13. Jun 17, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 288.
  14. May 19, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  15. May 19, 2022Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  16. May 19, 2022Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation Discharged.
  17. May 17, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
  18. May 16, 2022Introduced in House
  19. May 16, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

In the Congressional Record 2

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E656Sheila Jackson Lee D-TXJun 22, 2022
HouseDebate and remarks H5689–H5691Text printed H5690Recorded votes H5718enactLists H5718Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 7777, Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training ActEric Swalwell D-CA, Mariannette Miller-Meeks R-IAJun 21, 2022

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.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

  1. Oct 17, 2022H.R. 7777, Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 28, 2022
  2. Jun 9, 2022H.R. 7777, Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 19, 2022

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 83, May 16, 2022, page H5009.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 7776James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023Related billDec 23, 2022

Titles 6

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to establish an industrial control systems cybersecurity training initiative, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training Act
Short Title(s) as Reported to House
Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training Act
Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training Act
Short Title(s) as Passed House
Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training Act
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.

Text 5

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 19, 2022Reported to Senate
  2. Jun 22, 2022Referred in Senate
  3. Jun 21, 2022Engrossed in House
  4. Jun 17, 2022Reported in House
  5. May 16, 2022Introduced in House

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