HR 2659 · in committee · significant
Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act
- defense
What this bill does
- The bill establishes a federal task force to coordinate responses to Chinese state-sponsored cyber attacks, particularly from Volt Typhoon.
- Federal agencies including the Department of Homeland Security, Defense, Energy, Justice, and FBI are required to participate and share threat information.
- The task force must submit annual reports to Congress for seven years starting within 540 days of its establishment.
Generated by claude-haiku-4-5
Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should the federal government balance sharing sensitive cyber threat intelligence across multiple agencies while protecting classified information from leaks?
- 02
What specific capabilities or resources would the task force need to effectively counter Chinese state-sponsored attacks like Volt Typhoon that agencies don't currently have?
- 03
Which critical infrastructure sectors should be the task force's initial priority, and how would limited resources be allocated across energy, defense, and other vital systems?
Cosponsor writes these to seed civic discussion — they aren't user posts. Sign in to reply.

Sponsor · R-TN-5
Andrew Ogles
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
4/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-11-18
Joining the bill
Legislative timeline
2025-11-18 · senate · IntroReferral
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2025-11-17 · house · Floor
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2025-11-17 · house · Floor
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 8 (Roll no. 287). (text: CR H4682-4684)
2025-11-17 · Floor
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 8 (Roll no. 287). (text: CR H4682-4684)
2025-11-17 · house · Floor
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4692)
2025-11-17 · house · Floor
At 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.
2025-11-17 · house · Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2659.
2025-11-17 · house · Floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4682-4685)
2025-11-17 · house · Floor
Mr. Garbarino moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2025-08-15 · house · Committee
Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-230.
2025-08-15 · house · Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 188.
2025-08-15 · Committee
Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-230.
2025-04-09 · house · Committee
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2025-04-09 · house · Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2025-04-09 · house · Committee
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Discharged
2025-04-07 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
2025-04-07 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
2025-04-07 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-04-07 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House

Citizen comments
Sign in to comment on this bill.
No comments yet — be the first.