Advancing Cybersecurity Through Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Act
Latest action · Mar 22, 2022 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.
- IntroducedMar 22, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Advancing Cybersecurity Through Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Act
This bill establishes programs for continuously diagnosing and mitigating cyber threats to and vulnerabilities of government entities.
Specifically, the bill provides statutory authority for a continuous diagnostic and mitigation program maintained by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) that assists federal agencies to address cyber threats and vulnerabilities. The bill further requires that CISA maintain this program with or without reimbursement from other agencies.
In addition, the Department of Homeland Security must develop a strategy to implement CISA's program and carry out a pilot program to promote the use of tools developed as part of the program in state, tribal, territorial, and local governments.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 22, 2022.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Mar 22, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 22, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2022Introduced in Senate
- Mar 22, 2022Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-1 | CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE U.S. AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY SECTORS436 pages | Agriculture Committee | Feb 25, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a continuous diagnostics and mitigation program in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Advancing Cybersecurity Through Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2022Introduced in Senate
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.
