{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-2659","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 2659","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To ensure the security and integrity of United States critical infrastructure by establishing an interagency task force and requiring a comprehensive report on the targeting of United States critical infrastructure by People's Republic of China state-sponsored cyber actors, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To ensure the security and integrity of United States critical infrastructure by establishing an interagency task force and requiring a comprehensive report on the targeting of United States critical infrastructure by People's Republic of China state-sponsored cyber actors, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To ensure the security and integrity of United States critical infrastructure by establishing an interagency task force and requiring a comprehensive report on the targeting of United States critical infrastructure by People’s Republic of China state-sponsored cyber actors, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-04-07","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-11-17","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h287","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act","result":"Passed","yea":402,"nay":8,"present":0,"not_voting":23,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll287.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.","date":"2025-11-18"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-08-15","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act"},{"k":"p","t":"The bill creates a joint interagency task force to facilitate agency collaboration on efforts to respond to Chinese state-sponsored cyber actors, including Volt Typhoon."},{"k":"p","t":"The task force must be established and led by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), an agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The task force must facilitate collaboration and coordination among the Sector Risk Management Agencies (SRMAs) specified in the President's National Security Memorandum- 22 (e.g., the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Agriculture) to detect, analyze, and respond to Chinese state-sponsored cyber actors by ensuring that such agencies’ actions are aligned and mutually reinforcing."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill directs DHS, CISA, the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and specified SRMAs to provide the task force with analysis, inspections, audits, and other relevant information necessary for the task force to carry out its responsibilities. The production and use of information must comply with all applicable statutes, regulations, and executive orders, and task force members must have appropriate security clearances to access classified information."},{"k":"p","t":"The task force must provide annual reports and briefings to Congress detailing its assessment of cyber threats and recommendations to improve the detection and mitigation of the cybersecurity threat posed by Chinese state-sponsored cyber actors."},{"k":"p","t":"The first report must be provided no later than 540 days after the establishment of the task force, and additional reports must be provided annually thereafter for six years."}],"words":247},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the Department of Homeland Security, through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, to establish an interagency task force on the cybersecurity threat posed by People's Republic of China state-sponsored cyber actors, including Volt Typhoon, and to report to congressional committees.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2659/text/eh#H4B7358655D134CCABF122294DFF2A432"}]},"core_areas":["Interagency task force on People's Republic of China state-sponsored cyber threats to critical infrastructure","Task force reports and classified briefings to congressional committees","Federal agency information sharing with the task force"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Director of CISA, to establish a joint interagency task force within 120 days after enactment to coordinate Sector Risk Management Agencies in detecting, analyzing and responding to the threat.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2659/text/eh#H4B7358655D134CCABF122294DFF2A432"}},{"text":"Names the Director of CISA, or a designee, as chairperson of the task force and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or a designee, as vice chairperson.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2659/text/eh#H4B7358655D134CCABF122294DFF2A432"}},{"text":"Requires an initial task force report to the appropriate congressional committees within 540 days after the task force is established, and an annual report each year after that for five years.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2659/text/eh#H4B7358655D134CCABF122294DFF2A432"}},{"text":"Requires each report to include assessments of sector-specific risks, resources and authorities needed, and potential disruption to critical infrastructure in a crisis or conflict, plus recommendations and a one-time plan for an awareness campaign.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2659/text/eh#H4B7358655D134CCABF122294DFF2A432"}},{"text":"Requires a classified briefing to the appropriate congressional committees within 30 days after each report, and requires the unclassified executive summary of each report to be published on a publicly accessible Department of Homeland Security website.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2659/text/eh#H4B7358655D134CCABF122294DFF2A432"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of CISA, the Attorney General, the Director of the FBI and appropriate Sector Risk Management Agency heads to give the task force the information it considers necessary to carry out the section.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2659/text/eh#H4B7358655D134CCABF122294DFF2A432"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2659/text/eh#H4B7358655D134CCABF122294DFF2A432"},"heading":"Interagency task force and report on the targeting of United States critical infrastructure by People’s Republic of China state-sponsored cyber actors","effect":"Besides setting up the task force and its reports, the section states that the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the Paperwork Reduction Act do not apply to the task force.","amount":null,"quote":"Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the “Federal Advisory Committee Act”), shall not apply to the task force."}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-11-17","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2659/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-12","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2659","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2659/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-2659.png","v":"2b2837592de7","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 2659, 119th Congress: Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act. House: 402 Yea, 8 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 17 Nov 2025."}}