HR 1223
Passed a chamber
Requires the National Science Foundation to submit a plan to improve the cybersecurity and telecommunications of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet, the university-operated ships used for ocean research.
Official title: ANCHOR Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
12-FEB-2025
Referred
12-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
29-APR-2025
Passed
20-MAY-2025
Senate
Received
21-MAY-2025
- Requires the National Science Foundation Director to submit the plan to Congress within 18 months of enactment, after consulting other federal owners and university or laboratory vessel operators.
- The plan must assess networking and cybersecurity needs, using CISA and NIST guidance, along with the costs of equipment, personnel, and training, and the estimated effect on daily charter rates.
- The plan must include a spending plan that identifies funding from the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, vessel owners, and users.
- Requires a progress report to Congress two years after the plan is submitted.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (12-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 19-MAY-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Science, Space, and Technology Committee (House)
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Senate)
Science, Technology, Communications
■ 3 D■ 2 R
3 Democrats
2 Republicans